European Overseas Empires and Global Trade Networks in the Great Divergence Era (1700-1914)

1. Britain gains the Spanish Empire slave-trade contract

   Apr 11, 1713Labels: Asiento, Britain, Spanish America

   • Britannica
   • Asiento

2. Seven Years’ War reshapes imperial trade empires

   Jan 1, 1756Labels: Seven Years', Britain, France

   • Britannica

3. Battle of Plassey boosts Company power in Bengal

   Jun 23, 1757Labels: Battle of, British East, Bengal

   • Britannica

4. Treaty of Paris confirms Britain’s 1763 gains

   Feb 10, 1763Labels: Treaty of, Britain, France

   • Britannica

5. Napoleon’s Continental System targets British trade

   Nov 21, 1806Labels: Continental System, Napoleon, Berlin Decree

   • Napoleon org

6. Britain bans its Atlantic slave trade

   Mar 25, 1807Labels: Slave Trade, Britain, Atlantic slavery

   • Slave Act

7. Treaty of Nanjing opens China to treaty-port trade

   Aug 29, 1842Labels: Treaty of, Britain, China

   • Britannica

8. Britain begins dismantling protectionist grain policy

   Jan 1, 1846Labels: Corn Laws, Britain

   • Britannica
   • Nat Archives

9. Britain repeals the Navigation Laws

   Jan 1, 1849Labels: Navigation Laws, Britain

   • UK Parliament

10. Government of India Act shifts rule to the Crown

    Aug 2, 1858Labels: Government of, British Crown, India

    • Britannica

11. Transatlantic telegraph cable enables near-instant coordination

    Jul 27, 1866Labels: Transatlantic Cable, Telegraph, Britain

    • Science Museum

12. Suez Canal opens, shortening Europe–Asia sea routes

    Nov 17, 1869Labels: Suez Canal, Egypt, Europe Asia

    • History com
    • Suez Canal

13. Berlin Conference sets rules for African colonization claims

    Nov 15, 1884Labels: Berlin Conference, European powers, Africa

    • Berlin Conf

14. Panama Canal opens, completing a new global shipping shortcut

    Aug 15, 1914Labels: Panama Canal, United States, shipping routes

    • History com