COLONIZER V. COLONIZED PERSPECTIVE STANDARD ADDRESSED:
MAP OF PRODUCTS IMPERIALIST NATIONS WANTED. How did they get them?
TEA IN THE LATE 18TH CENTURY British & European tea and sugar consumption rises exponentially Peak of Caribbean sugar cane production and the Atlantic slave trade Tea duties slashed in 1784 Tea (and sugar) become a staple of working- class diet By 1800 tea is the largest export item from Asia to Europe and British EIC controls 80% of the trade
CHINESE TEA CARRIERS
BRITISH TEA CRAZE PRIOR TO 1750 The greatest expansion of European tea drinking was in Britain, tied to Rising luxury & middle class consumerism Fascination with chinoiserie British leadership in plantation sugar production British East India Company was leading importer of Chinese tea and porcelain (followed distantly by the Dutch EIC) British EIC gain trading privileges in Canton (Guangzhou) in 1716
BRITISH WOMEN ENJOYING TEA
SUGAR PLANTATION
THE FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT IN JAMAICA Caribbean sugar production
FROM SILVER TO OPIUM Late 18th century decline in the value of silver in China Cost of production in Americas rises Chinese demand falls with use of paper money etc. Sophistication of Chinese economy -- Europeans have little to offer in the absence of silver By 1800 the vast majority of EIC Chinese tea is purchased with profits from the sale of Indian opium Integrating EIC activities in South and East Asia Tying opium to sugar
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