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

486747827780741812555483717087855136113212838143275176755738551257787668. 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.. 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.. 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. Created By:. Zack . Zahrend. Definition. A bitter, yellowish-brown, strongly addictive narcotic drug prepared from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy and containing alkaloids such as . What can we learn from eye movements?. Dr. kathleen j. brown. University of . utah. reading clinic. www.uurc.org. Repeated readings: basics. Multiple readings of same text, either to a criterion or 4x. th. Century. The Congress of Vienna, 1814-15. Metternich (Austria). Talleyrand (France). Alexander I of Russia. Louis XVIII of France. Netherlands created. Prussia got Rhineland. Switzerland neutral. th. Century. PPT #511. Imperialism and Migration of . Late 19. th. Century. Wages during Industrial Revolution. The Great Migration. Population doubled during 19. th. Century. 188 million in 1800. th. Century. PPT #511. Imperialism and Migration of . Late 19. th. Century. Wages during Industrial Revolution. The Great Migration. Population doubled during 19. th. Century. 188 million in 1800. 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. .  . Adalberto Miranda-Filho. 1. , . Michelle C. Turner. 2-4. , David B. Richardson. 1,5. , Bayan Hosseini. 1. , . Farin. Kamangar. 7. , . Akram. Pourshams. 6. , Vikash Sewram. 8. , . Saman. Warnakulasuriya. Opium Dens. An East End Opium Den 1870. For . many, images of the darker side of Victorian London are shaped by the descriptions of writers like Henry Mayhew in the middle decades of the century, or by Blanchard Jerrold and . Dept.of. Forensic Medicine & Toxicology. OPIUM . Dried juice of poppy (papaver somniferum) . Cultvated only under licence. Upto 1 metre in length. Plant bears 5-8 capsules. Flowers white. Poppy seeds-khaskhas-white harmless demulsent used as food.