Download - Opium Wars
•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod
•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod
•Narcotic
•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod
•Narcotic
•It’s usually smoked.
•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod
•Narcotic
•It’s usually smoked.
•Used to make morphine, demerol, methadone
Most opium was grown in India and Turkey
and Traded by the British East India Company
Most opium was grown in India and Turkey
and Traded by the British East India Company
China had silk, tea, and porcelain.
China with its 300 million people was self-sufficient.
China had silk, tea, and porcelain.
China with its 300 million people was self-sufficient.
• British East India Company smuggled opium into China in order to get the 3 commodities.
• China tried to stop the trade.
• British East India Company smuggled opium into China in order to get the 3 commodities.
• China tried to stop the trade.
• 1841- War broke out
UNEQUAL
TREATY
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UNEQUAL
TREATY
•1+0
1842
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
1842
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
1842
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
1842
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF
HONG KONG.
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF
HONG KONG.
1842
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF
HONG KONG.
5. Treaty ports- Shanghai + 11 others
1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)
2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.
3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.
4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF
HONG KONG.
5. Treaty ports- Shanghai + 11 others
1842
Hong Kong
1900Today
TREATY PORTSTREATY PORTS
CIVIL WARCause: Weakness from Treaty of
Nanjing
Time: 1850-1864
Leader: Hung Hsiu-ch’uan
Deaths: 20 million
OPEN DOOR
POLICY
The Dowager Empress Cuxi
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• 1857-1860
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• 1857-1860
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• 1857-1860
• In Convention of Beijing, Britain got Kowloon Peninsula
• Legalized the opium trade
• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE
• 1857-1860
• In Convention of Beijing, Britain got Kowloon Peninsula
• Legalized the opium trade
• Righteous and Harmonious Fists
• Righteous and Harmonious Fists
• Attacks on foreigners
• Righteous and Harmonious Fists
• Attacks on foreigners
• European multinational force
Hong Kong was returned to
China in 1997.Macao was returned in
1999.