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November 7, 2016 Global II Agenda: DO NOW: Term Matching NOTES #17: How did imperialism affect China?
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How did imperialism affect China? Notes #17
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Beginning in the early 1800s, Britain began trading opium to China (after years of importing Chinese tea). Opium poppy Chinese tea
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Many Chinese people became addicted to opium, causing China to ban Britain from trading it.
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Britain refused to accept this ban and declared war on China in a series of conflicts called the Opium Wars. Opium Wars (1839 – 1860)
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By the mid-1800s, China was defeated by Britain, which indicated that China was not strong enough to resist foreign nations.
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As a result of its defeat in the Opium Wars, China was forced to sign “unequal treaties” and divided into spheres of influence by foreign nations.
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This was because foreign nations had superior military technology and forces.
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The Chinese people attempted to remove foreign influences from China through revolts, such as the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, . . .
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. . . but failed to do so and China remained under foreign control (until 1947).
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