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Great Britain not allowed to trade in canton
Rule of Chien Lung
Lord____________ refused to kowtow and was denied of the king’s request
George Macartney
China produce
tea
Great Britain produces
Opium
in ____________ Millions of Chinese were addicted to opium
1835
arose from Chinas attempts to supress opium trade
1st Opium war
British needed money after
American Revolution
british loved chinese product especially
tea
Great britain planned to use china as a ____________ but china heightened its isolation policy
reserve
China raised Trade restrictions to forign travelers and used ______________ as official trading port
port of canton
great britain sent george macartney to make a formal agreement with china if completed
formal business expands out of canton
British Embassy in China
Britain owns a small part of China near Canton for trading
macrtney will only do kowtow if
chinese soldier also does it
kneel and touch the ground with the forehead in worship or submission as part of Chinese custom.
kowtow
british traded ________ for tea
Opium
Britain’s steps in conquering china
-grow flowers
-make drugs
-sell drugs
use profit to buys tea
-sell tea bought with drug profit for more
but they couldnt trade to they used ____________ as an intermediary
India
notified england’s queen evictoris abt the effects by british smuggling of opium
Commissioner Liu Zexu
treaty that ended the fist opium war
Treaty on Nanking
provisions of the treaty of nanking
-british gain hong kong
-gave usa extraterritorial rights in china
-China had to pay war damages
-intermediaries abolished
-great britain granted most favored nation
wanted to established Taiping Tienkuo
Huang Hsiu chuan
taiping tienkuo
heavenly kingdom of great peace
declared what city as new capital
Nanking
instument in the defeat of taiping rebels
ever victorious army
the chinese seized a british vessel engaged in opium trade led by
Governor ye mingchen
joined british in war
french
grated foreigner the right to stay in peking and travel to any part of china
treaty of tientsin
protected americans trading rights in china
open door policy
due to the open door policy in return
sheltered chinese from colonization
anti imperialist movement which sought to expel foreigners from china
Boxer Rebellion
oraganized hundred day reforms
Emperor Guangzhou
chinese secret society
embarked on a campaign to drive out foreingers
yihequan
in 1900 boxers narched to beijing shouting
death to foreign devils
beijing was defended by
men and women with the red lanterns
force of 20000 defeated the boxers ushering to the
Boxer protocol
boxer protocol provisions 4
-chinese paid 450 taels
-officials with the boxers were killed
-foreign troops are allowed in capital and railways
- civil service exam suspended
developed a strong sense of nationalism
failure of the boxers
