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29 Οκτ 2024 · What was the Open Door policy? The Open Door policy was a statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900. It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity.
- Twenty-one Demands
Twenty-one Demands, (Jan. 18, 1915), claims made by the...
- Mukden Incident
Mukden Incident, (September 18, 1931), also called...
- Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Nanjing, (August 29, 1842) treaty that ended the...
- Twenty-one Demands
24 Οκτ 2024 · Mexican-American War, war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It was caused by a territorial dispute stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from contention over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.
This timeline describes significant events during the Mexican-American War, which was fought between Mexico and the United States from 1846 to 1848. The war stemmed from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim).
9 Νοε 2009 · The Mexican-American War was a 1846-1848 conflict over vast territories in the American West, which the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave to the United States.
In 1899, U.S. Secretary of State John Hay wrote six world powers calling for an 'Open Door' in China that would guarantee equal trading opportunities, curtail colonial annexation, and prevent conflict in the Far East.
9 Νοε 2009 · The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a...
Not all Americans embraced the theory of manifest destiny, and many saw the Mexican-American War as a bald-faced, thuggish land grab. Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), a young officer at the time, labeled the war “one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger nation against a weaker nation.”
