Causes - Context

Question 1

Intro - War

Answer 1

First Anglo-Chinese war 1839-1842 defining moment, long term cause deterioration of Qing and British relationships, short term trigger opium trade

Question 2

Context 1 - Battles

Answer 2

The war was a series of military and naval battles between Qing and British, British seized key strategic ports, rivers and trading posts to cut the supply of Chinese resources

Question 3

Context 2 - Yangtze

Answer 3

British targeted Yangtze river which was “like a throat, at which the whole situation of the country is determined,” Yilibu, viceroy of Nanking

Question 4

Context 3 - British Technology

Answer 4

British Navy utilised superior ships and weapons to defeat Chinese in a devastating manner. 69 British casualties and 451 wounded, 20,000 – 25,000 Chinese casualties

Question 5

Context 4 - Treaty of Nanking

Answer 5

August 1842 Qing officials had to submit to peace terms under the threat of gunboat diplomacy, signed the Treaty of Nanking, the first unequal treaty which signaled the start of the century of humiliation for China.