<span>While gladiator fights and chariot racing stayed quite popular, the mediums with which art was made changed. Due to the expansion of public schooling, poor children were afforded the same education as the rich, led to the highest literacy level in years. Polo became very popular, even though only nobility was allowed to participate.</span>
John Bell condemned sectional political parties.
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
China's president did not have enough power.
