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fh Woks | Ving Gaia il, Ss ad) Tt f Pies aa Oa) pea ‘of Queretaro (May 15, 1867 and executed Emperor Masini 05 ine 19, 1857 (Ries shiny aniversay), Ths led out Emperor Napoeoa I's umbiton to clonize Lain Ameren. In Rizal's times two European nations lalins and Get- san) siceeded in uniyng their own ovate The Taam Under the leadership of Count Cavour and of Garba ad ‘Amy of ‘Red Shir drove out the Austrians and Pench arms trom aly and pocaimcd the Kingdom ot aly under King Vitor Emmanuel, with Rome a aptly. The Pras led ‘by Ono von Bamarck, the "on Chancel”, detested France it the Franco-Prian War and exthed the German Empire on Janary 1,181, with King Wile of Presi afr Kone ts Scouse. Wi een be Fans Prean ar, Emperor Napocon I's Second French E " ‘nd over erin the Third French Repub arose, wih ASeiph Thera fi Present ‘The times of Rizal saw the flowering of Wester imperialism England emerged as the worlds leading imperialist power. On ccount of her invincible navy and magnificent army, she was able to conquer many counties throughout the world: and to ‘establish a plobal colonial empire. Thus the British people during the plonious reign of Queen Victoria. (1837-1901) proudly asserted: “Britannia rules the waves.” By winning the First (pv War (1840-1842) against the tottering Chinese Empire tnder the Manchu dynasty, she acquired the island of Hon Kong (Fragrant Harbor). Inthe Second Opiuln War (18561860) she wou again and forced the helpless Manchu dynasty to cede the Kowloon Peninsula opposite Hong Kong. In 1859, ater suppressing the Indian. Rebelion and dimanding the Mogul Empire, she imposed her raj (rule) over the subcontinent of Toda (now consisting of India, Pakistan, and Banglades). By winning the Three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824-26, 1852. and 1885), she conquered Burma. Other lands in Asia which became Brissh colonies were Ceylon (Sti Lanks), Maldives, Aden, Malaya, Singapore, and Egypt. Australia and New Zealand ia the South Pacific alo became British colonies. ther impels, folowing Britain's example, grabbed the weak countries Southeast Asia and colonized them, In 1858 N63, France, vith the help of Filipino woop under Spanish coffees? conquered Vietnam: annexed Cambodia (1863) and ‘Laos (1893); and. merged all these countries into a federated ‘colony under the name of French Indochina, The Dutch, after

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