1. Before the Bell Rings Turn in your Study Guide Take our your notebook
Imperialism in China
Before the Bell Rings
Turn in your Study Guide
Take our your notebook 1 *

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3. China Resists Foreign Influence
Before im
China Resists Foreign Influence
Qing (Manchu) Dynasty
Chinese had little interest in trading with western nations
Europeans want silk, porcelain, tea, spices
Chinese did not need to trade 3 *

4. Would you rather wear… 4 *

5. Would your rather… 5 *

6. English are spending 5% of daily income on tea
20,000 dollars a year →
30,000 dollars a year →
40,000 dollars a year →
80,000 dollars a year →
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$4,000 6 *

7. Trade related words
Balance of trade- the difference between how much a country imports and exports
Trade deficit- importing more than you export
Trade surplus- exporting more than you import
Britain was running a trade deficit with China, started exporting Indian goods to fix this problem….Opium 7 *

8. British trade with China centered around opium.
The British imported opium from India to China in exchange for silk.
Chinese silver was used to buy opium, and the Chinese government was fearful of a trade imbalance.
China demanded that opium sales stop, but the British did not comply. This led to the Opium Wars.
Opium dens, 1850
Chinese receiving opium from Patna, British India 8
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9. Empress Dowager Ci Xi
Empress Dowager Ci Xi worked with her government officials to fight against the British in the First Opium War, from 9 *
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10. Opium War
Chinese emperor asked Queen Victoria to stop the opium trade/unanswered
China destroyed millions of dollars of opium
China was no match for modern weaponry and equipment.
1842 Sign the Treaty of Nanjing 10 *

11. Treaty of Nanjing (Nanking)
China paid Britain’s war costs
Opened 5 ports for trade
Extraterritoriality-foreigners did not have to obey Chinese Law
Britain received the island of Hong Kong
Sometimes called the 1st of the Unequal treaties 11 *

12. Asia was carved up after the Opium Wars
Western powers carved out spheres of influence (exclusive trading privileges)
England annexed Hong Kong and Kowloon
France took over Indochina (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos)
Russia moved into Chinese Turkistan and Manchuria
Japan grabbed Taiwan and won dominance over Korea 12 *

13. The Opium Wars brought an end to the isolation of the ancient Chinese civilization and introduced far-reaching social, economic and cultural ideas to the Chinese. 13
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14. Chinese reaction to Imperialism
The Taiping Rebellion- Pro West Response
1850 – 1864
Chinese peasants angry over poverty and corruption
Destroyed Chinese economy
Millions of deaths
Put down with the help of westerners 14 *

15. Open Door Policy
Wait no…..that’s not it 15 *

16. Open Door Policy Chinese trade is open to everyone on an equal basis
U.S.A. Idea 16 *

17. Chinese reform – Moderate Response
Chinese government resists modernization
Self strengthening movement-importing and updating technology
Weapons and steam driven ships
Western experts
100 days of reform
Modernize government
Encourage industry
Too little too late
United States: Open Door Policy 17 *

18. The Boxer Rebellion– Anti-West Response
Boxers Society of Harmonious Fists to stop western and Japanese influence in China
1900 throw out foreigners
Death to foreign devils
Growth of nationalism
Failure: Westerners sent in 20,000 soldiers to put down the rebellion 18 *

19. The Boxer Rebellion challenged Western commercial and political influence in China. The Chinese, though great in number, could not stop the imperial forces. 19
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20. Sun Yat- sen (Sun Yixian)
Revolution of 1911
1st president of Chinese republic
Three Principles of Sun Yixian
End foreign domination
Form a representative government (democracy)
Create economic security for all Chinese 20 *