Question

List the following major events of imperialism in chronological order, noting the year of each event:

Answer 1

Britain annexes New Zealand 1838

United States warships arrive in Japan demanding that Japan opens its port trade 1853

New Zealand becomes independent 1853

Meiji restoration 1868

Sino Japanese war 1894

United States annexes Hawaii  1898

Spanish American war 1898

Australia becomes an independent commonwealth January 01 1901

Filipino US conflict 1899 1902

Russo Japanese war 1904 1905