1. What were the causes of the Opium Wars?
Imperialism in China
What were the causes of the Opium Wars? vs

2. Stop selling drugs to our people!
I. The Opium Wars
A. Little trade between China & the West, except for silk & tea for silver which favored China
1. British bring technology gifts to China, Chinese are unimpressed
B. Next, British bring opium from India to China
: 12 million Chinese were hooked on the drug
2. Qing Emperor tries to ban opium
a. Queen Victoria ignores him and Britain continues trading in Opium
Stop selling drugs to our people!
Poppy Plant
C. 1839: China tries to destroy British opium. Britain starts “Opium Wars”
Deal with it!
1. Chinese lose the war
: Treaty of Nanjing gives:
Britain island of Hong Kong
extraterritorial rights (foreigners not subject to Chinese Law)

3. A. New Qing Emperor wants to end open door pol.
A. 1850: Hong Xiuquan recruits peasant army to remove Qing Government, starting the Taiping Rebellion
II. Taiping Rebellion
B. 1864: Empress Cixi asks British & French to help defeat Hong’s army since 20 million+ killed in Taiping Rebellion
1. Hong defeated, Empress “owes” Britain & France but rest of Europe & Japan want Spheres of Influence in China
C. Fearing another “Scramble for Africa”, the U.S. negotiates the Open Door Policy, which allowed all nations trade with China
III. Boxer Rebellion
A. New Qing Emperor wants to end open door pol.
1. He is arrested & Empress Cixi returns
B. 1900: Angry Chinese form the Boxers, began a revolt known as the Boxer Rebellion
1. Although the Boxers were beaten, Chinese & West know reform is needed

4. Open Door Policy Political Cartoon
Name which countries are represented in the political cartoon
What are the countries trying to do to China?
Look carefully and think about what we discussed… which country has the “upper hand” in the negotiations to trade with China?