European imperialism in China‚ British forces attempted to establish the foreign trading of opium‚ a highly addictive substance extracted from the juice of the opium poppy (“Opium and Heroin”) . The Chinese were opposed to this enforcement due to its negative effects among the Chinese economy and civilians. As a result of this prolonged dispute between British and Chinese powers‚ British troops eventually attacked numerous Chinese villages‚ leading to the commencement of the Opium Wars in the mid-18th century
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First Opium War affect China’s imports? During the Qing dynasty‚ the Qing government wasn’t very fond of trade or any kind of contact with the outside world. If they found something they disliked‚ they would destroy it or throw it away. Britain was facing a problem at this time: they wanted silk‚ and porcelain‚ which were mainly in China. At the same time though‚ China didn’t really want any of Britain’s items. Britain was paying for all the Chinese items with silver‚ the only value China really
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Assess the aftermath and impact that the first Opium War had on China Essay: The First Opium War fought between Britain and China from 1839-1842 was a clash between two vastly different cultures‚ one struggling to control trade rights‚ and the other desperate to limit the impact of foreign trade upon the local population. The war changed the way China acted towards its foreign counterparts‚ exposed the weaknesses of the Chinese feudal system and forcefully opened-up China to the rest of the world
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Opium war From the 18th century Asia became a victim of European imperialism. By the 19th century Britain had acquired control over India and Burma and France controlled indo-china and the Dutch gained stronghold in Indonesia. By this time USA along with other European nations began paying serious attention towards eastward nations like china and Japan. Their aim was to open these Asian nations as a field for their economic expansion. Predominant in trade between the western countries and
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dangerous drug of Opium. When opium was first introduce in China it was like any other drug‚ addictive and harmful to the human body but the Chinese weren’t aware of the opium negative effects. Opium the narcotic drug is derived of from immature seed pods of poppy plants. Opium was used for pain relieving‚ it was one of the first drugs able to relieve pain before morphine was invented‚ and morphine is safer drug then opium and they both came from the same plant. Before the opium war‚ foreign trade to
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small economies prospered into something bigger spread‚ but along with goods and new ideas came disease and also opium addiction Wherever traders went disease ( bubonic plague‚ typhus‚ chicken pox‚small pox)went along with them Europeans‚ Africans‚ and Asians had already in counted and gained some immunity to but the native populations of America had never encountered as a result the sudden exposure wreck havoc on the native population. One of many diseases was Smallpox was deadly disease
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The Opium War‚ also called the Anglo-Chinese War‚ was the most humiliating defeat China ever suffered. In European history‚ it is perhaps the most sordid‚ base‚ and vicious event in European history‚ possibly‚ just possibly‚ overshadowed by the excesses of the Third Reich in the twentieth century. By the 1830’s‚ the English had become the major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world; very few drug cartels of the twentieth century can even touch the England of the early nineteenth
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Legitimacy to the Qing * Increased China’s size * Safety assured * Population triples‚ 120 to 300 million > 1. Malthusian Trap 2. Unemployment‚ leads to crime‚ drug abuse especially Opium‚ this drug is not made in China‚ the son of Kangxi had decided that they would not make opium illegal‚ but they had forbid its use in non-medical use. 3. Bad Weather‚ it is not the people’s fault but it is important given that if the government do not spend money to develop farming they have
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The Opium War The Opium War‚ directed by Jin Xie‚ paints a rather impartial account of the Opium War‚ starting with the appointment of Lin Zexu to end the opium trade in China to the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. This film seemed to fairly depict the faults of both the Chinese and the British during the 1830’s and up to 1842. That said‚ The Opium War illustrated two important factors that both helped to promote the conflict and eventual military confrontation between China and Britain.
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DBQ: Opium in China While most of the Western Hemisphere was undergoing drastic advancements‚ such as former colonies gaining their independence and transforming into more modernized nations‚ a lot of mishaps were occurring in the Eastern Hemisphere—China‚ specifically—a nation that was notorious for its isolation from foreign influences. European nations began to greedily eye China’s abundance of desirable resources‚ such as tea‚ porcelain‚ and silk. However‚ China had very little need or desire
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