2. China Resists Outside Influence

3. Events/Policies Cause Effects

6. Opium War Britain’s Refusal to stop the Opium trade Chinese Defeat & Humiliation Opium trade continues Britain gets Hong Kong Chinese resentment of Foreigners

7. Taiping Rebellion Unable to feed enormous population Increased Opium use Increased Poverty Restoration of Qing Empire 20 million died

8. Self-strengthening Movement Need to modernize Education & Military Ability to produce it’s own Ammunition & Warships

9. Open Door policy China’s weak military Economic & Political problems US fears that they would be shut out of Chinese colonization Protection of American trading rights in China Keeping China free from colonization

10. John Hay

11. Boxer Rebellion

12. Resentment of everything “Western” Failure to effect reform Increased Nationalism

13. Explain why China was able to isolate itself from Western influence until the 19 th Century Advanced Culture Economically Self- sufficient