PDF-Changing China: Readings in the History of China from the Opium War to

486747827780741812555483717087855136113212838143275176755738551257787668. Chinese Nationalism. Although they were not colonized they were still dominated by the Europeans. They began to resent the way the Europeans had come to power in China. Many organization pledged to rid China of “foreign devils”. ABBY ROSENSON. How Did the British Become . I. nvolved?. 1781-1793 – Value of all British goods imported into China amount to one sixth of the value of teas exported to Britain.. Late 1700’s – British find opium to be popular among the elites of China.. Century of Humiliation. 1839-1949 imperialism from West and Japan. Qing Dynasty. First Opium War. Taiping Rebellion. Second Opium War. Sino-French War. First Sino-Japanese . War. Qing Dynasty. 1644-1912. Outside Influence. Events/Policies. Cause. Effects. Opium War. Britain’s. Refusal. to. stop the. Opium. trade. Chinese Defeat & Humiliation. Opium trade continues. Britain gets Hong Kong. Chinese resentment of Foreigners. British Colonialism in China, . 1800-1900. (originally created by . Gordon . Grisé. and edited by Mike Farley). Opium in China – Video Overview (4 min). http. ://. www.history.com/shows/mankind-the-story-of-all-of-us/videos/opium-in-china. Comparing Responses . in the 19. th. Century . Dramatic Moment: The Opium . Wars . results in the Treaty . of . Nanjing. After three years of naval warfare(1839-1842), the Treaty of Nanjing is signed in 1842 between Great Britain and the Qing rulers of China . In 1793, the Qing Emperor (Qianlong, above left) received an ambassador (Lord George McCartney, right) from Great Britain, but rejects the importation of goods from the British saying they were no interested in the “strange objects” offered from the West.. ‘FREE’ TRADE AND CHINA. In the years leading up to the Opium Wars, . foreign . trade was strictly controlled by the Chinese . using . the . “. Canton System.”. T. he . British ran a . three-country trade system: . China has trade surplus with West. China enters period of decline. Industrial Rev. creates need for markets for west. Britain sells opium for Chinese tea . Chinese become addicted and try to stop trade. China. B. In the centuries prior to the Age of Imperialism, China was an extremely isolated nation. One major cause of this isolation was that China was _______________________. They did not need to import food, as they had a remarkable strand of ___________ that grew very easily in their land. China also had extensive __________________ and ___________________ industries. Europeans demanded Chinese _______________ and __________________, allowing China to maintain control of the trade that did take place. Opium Wars. Economics of China Trade. . China did not need western goods. While they did not mind trade with the outside if it brought in wealth. , the Chinese state did . not actively pursue trade as source of wealth. . Tjandra. + Verna Gene. China Trade. Canton’s natural advantages gave it the preferred position on the China coast for foreign trade.. Monsoon winds from the southwest, allowed sailing ships to ride smoothly downwind across the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and the South China Sea.. 1 LIN ZEXU, LETTER TO QUEEN VICTORIA ( 1839 ) 1 This letter was written by Lin Zexu, an important official in the Qing Dynasty, to Queen Victoria of Britain. He wrote in response to the growing opium THE OPIUMWARS INCHINAIn the mid-1800s China fought and lost two wars against European powers This defeat ushered in a 147century of humiliation148 that remains prominent in Chinese historical memory1O