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Chapter 1 Acts and Treaty's - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 1 Acts and Treaty's
Treaty of Shimonoseki
Ended the first Sino-Japanese War
Japan wins areas of Korea, Taiwan, The Liadong Peninsula
Japan and China
Japan also won trading privileges in Chinese territory
1895
Treaty of Versailles
The loosing nations (Germany, Austria Hungary, and Russia were not invited)
Post WW1 peace negotiations
1919
Naval Defense Act
Two-power standard - the navy had to remain at least as powerful as the combined strength of the next two largest navies (France and Russia at the time)
Britain
1889
Anglo-Japanese Alliance
Britain and Japan
1902
Treaty of Vergeeninging
Britain and the Boers
Ended the Second Boer War
1902
The British won control of the Transvaal and the Orange Free Sate
Treaty of Paris
USA and Spain
Ended the Spanish American War
The USA wins Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines from the Spanish
The treaty was heavily opposed by the US Senate as they were still trying to follow ideals of isolationism. They believed it was an act of imperialism
1898
Treaty of Tordesillas
Recognition of the Soviet Union by Western Powers
1919
Treaty of Portsmouth
Japan regained control of Port Arthur and the Liadong peninsula
Russia recognised Japan as the dominant power in Korea as well as territorial concessions in China
Ended the Russo-Japanese war
Mediated by President Theodore Roosevelt
1905
British-North American Act
The Dominion of Canada was created
1867
Spooner Act
Allowed President Roosevelt to buy the assets of a French company that had unsuccessfully tried to build the Panama Canal
Roosevelt
1902
Treaty of Berlin
Set up by Bismarck - Germany had joined imperialism later than other European nations
Effective Occupation
Britain, France, Germany, USA, Netherlands, the USA
Free passage over the Congo and the Niger
1885