Imperialism in Asia

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The chests of opium that the British shipped to China grew to 100 times the amount between 1729 and 1832

How did the amount of opium grow that the British shipped to China between 1729 and 1832

China was buying a significant amount of opium and Britain was earning more than it was buying. Britain's trade deficit was growing as the chests of opium being shipped was growing

How does China's growing trade deficit with the West correspond to the number of chests of opium entering China?

extraterritorial rights

an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country

Treaty of Kanagawa

an 1854 agreement between the United States and Japan, which opened two Japanese ports to U.S. ships and allowed the United States to set up an embassy in Japan

Empress Cixi

conservative ruler who encouraged Boxers to fight against the foreigners

Treaty of Nanking (1842)

A peace treaty signed by China and Britain after the Opium War, giving Britain the island of Hong Kong and giving foreigners extraterritorial rights

Britain

By the late 1830's, who had a favorable balance of trade (they sell more than they buy)?

Qing Dynasty

China's last dynasty, which ruled from 1644 to 1912

Porcelain, tea and silk

Chinese exports to Great Britain

Port of Canton

Chinese officials only allowed European powers to trade at a few ports including which important port?

Opium

The British began to smuggle in what highly addictive drug to reverse the trade deficit?

The Qing Emperor wrote to Queen Victoria about the problem, but the pleas went unanswered

What conflicting British and Chinese positions led to the Opium War?

Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia

What countries had spheres of influence in China c. 1900?

-China's population was growing significantly -Food production barely increase -Starvation -Opium addiction was rising

What internal problems did China face prior to the Taiping Rebellion?

opium

What product did Britain smuggle into China in large quantities to sell to the Chinese?

Porcelain, tea, and silk

What products did the British buy from China?

Hong Kong

What territory did Great Britain receive as a result as the Treaty of Nanking?

At least 20 million people died in the rebellion

What were the results of the Taiping Rebellion?

East Asia

Where is China located?

Qing Dynasty Empire (1644-1911)

Who ruled China?

Qing officials saw his ideas as threats to their power, and the brought the Dowager Empress back. She immediately squashed Guangzu's ideas and he was jailed

Why did Emperor Guangzu's efforts at reform and modernization fail?

A multinational force of 19,000 troops marched on Beijing and quickly defeated the Boxers.

Why did the Boxer Rebellion fail?

It was already self sufficient

Why did the Chinese have little interest in trading with the West?

Boxer Rebellion

a 1900 revolt in China, aimed at ending foreign influence in the country

Russo-Japanese War

a 1904-1905 conflict between Russia and Japan, sparked by the two countries' efforts to dominate Manchuria and Korea

Opium War

a conflict between Britain and China, lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britain's opium trade in China

Tokugawa Shogun

a dynasty of shoguns that ruled a unified Japan from 1603 to 1867

sphere of influence

a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities

Taiping Rebellion

a mid-19th century rebellion against the Qing Dynasty in China, led by Hong Xiuquan

Trade Deficit

amount by which the cost of a country's imports is more than it's exports (a country BUYS more than it SELLS)

Annexation

the adding of a region to a territory of an existing political unit

Meiji Era

the period of Japanese history from 1867 to 1912, during which the country was ruled by Emperor Mutsuhito


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