China Flashcards

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Manchu took over Qing

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Food shortages
Bandits
Corruption in gov exams
Flooding- agricultural hardships

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British took over instead of another

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Dynastic cycle

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UNEQUAL TREATIES

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Treaty of Nanking makes 5 Ports open
Island of Hong Kong now British colony
Brit residents can listen to Brit rules in china

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4
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Tapping rebellion led by who

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Hong xiuquan led religious movement gathered many groups that didn like status quo

WANTED DRIVE MANCHU OUT OF CHINA

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5
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Wanted radical reforms

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No foot binding
Free public education
No private property
Democratic institutions

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What did taiping rebellion cause

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Decline in agricultural production ppl in war starved areas and epidemic disease ppl not buried right

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Goal of self strengthening movement

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Modernize china from within to counter challenge from west

Didn’t work scholar gentry had control gov felt threatened

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Cixi

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Rejected self strengthening movement acted like nothing happened thinks china is still best spends lots of money

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Boxer rebellion

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Uprising against all western influence secretly supported by Qing emperors

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Outcome of boxer rebellion

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Killed lots of Europeans so British got involved china was overthrown and china disagree what kind gov to have

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