Do-now Why did China refer to itself as the Middle Kingdom?
Encounters in East Asia
The Ming Stopped all overseas exploration after Zheng He
Europeans want to trade with China China looks down upon the Europeans
European goods The Chinese don’t want anything from the Europeans
Trade The Chinese allow some trade but will only accept gold or silver for their goods
Canton The Europeans were only allowed to trade at one port, Canton
Chinese population With new food crops from America such as the potato & corn the population increases from 140 million in 1740 to 300 million in 1800
Chinese goods European demand for Chinese goods booms
JAPAN
Allows Europeans to trade At first Japan welcomes the Europeans
Tokugawa Shogun Began to distrust the Europeans after Spain took control of the Philippines Believe the Japanese Catholics will follow the Pope rather than the Emperor
Japan shuts Europeans out Kills all Japanese Catholics and Europeans living in Japan No European is allowed to enter Japan Any Japanese person to leave Japan is not allowed back in
Dutch The Shogun did allow one Dutch ship to trade with the Japanese once a year at Nagasaki The Shogun allowed the ship so he could find out what was going on in the rest of the world
Japan remains isolated until the United States demands that Japan open itself to trade in 1853