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Ways of the World Outline Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia 1800?1914 CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The Opium War (1839?1842) in China continues to resonate emotionally with many Chinese. 1. Britain?s violent intrusion and sale of addictive opium to China?s people 2. began what Chinese still describe as a ?century of humiliation? B. Most peoples of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America had to deal in some way with European imperialism. C. This chapter focuses on societies that faced internal crises while maintaining formal independence. D. Four main dimensions of European imperialism confronted these societies: 1. military might and political ambitions of rival European states

Some Brief Notes about the Opium Wars

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The Opium Wars (1800-1839)  Britain frustrated by trade deficit o British importing tea; but Chinese won’t import any product  Opium trade o By 1800, smuggling 4,000 chests of opium a year into China; breaking the law o Growing the opium in India; bringing it through port at Singapore o Enormous profits being made o Rose to 30,000 by 1830s o Addiction to spreading to all ranks  Qing government decides to enforce the ban more strictly o Qing official sent to negotiate with British; stalemate…  Opium War (1839-1842) o Bannermen = traditional footsoldiers of the Qing (Manchu)  Using muskets from 1700s, matchlocks, ignited by hand  Most still fighting with swords, knives, spears, clubs o Superior naval technology of British  Qing had no imperial navy

Lin Zexu"s letter to Queen Victoria 1839

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Lin Zexu?s Letter to Queen Victoria, 1839 Background info: Lin Zexu was the Chinese official in charge of stopping the British from selling opium in China. In 1839 he wrote this letter (below is an excerpt) to Queen Victoria, trying to get her support for his task. The Opium War began in 1840. Dear Your Royal Highness Queen Victoria,

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The Opium War China and Britain did not have a good relationship during the 19th century. There was much hostility towards both nations. British merchants had exported many goods from China, and they had paid the Chinese with nothing but silver. Britain started losing much of its silver in this time period, while China having more silver, was in the upper hand between the two nations.
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