Amh2097 Notes
Final Exam
12/12/12 1:05 AM
Chinese
• Patriarchy/Eldest Male/Clan o Clan is led by eldest male o Male won’t stop being in power until their passing o Eldest male tells everyone what to do o Clan is related by blood or marriage
• Surname o Goes by last name o It doesn’t matter what your name is, just who your family is o Introduce last name first: Khanchaleunh, Sakoona
• “Guadong” or Canton Province o Where most immigrants came from o Not a farming province o Located on the harbor à༎ great for trade
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o Even traded with Americans
Toishan/Taishan
o Not only a harbor port, but it was industrialized o Makes the most of fireworks o More industrialized and urban o Cosmopolitan people à༎ Those that are very modern
Overpopulation
o There was 1 century of overpopulation
§༊ The gov’t couldn’t support them financially o Weren’t getting things b/c of unpaid taxes o “Civil war” o Jobs are the biggest problem
Imperialism
o Same thing as colonizing o Europeans coming over to take over China and take over trade o Chinese have tea and rice o Europeans
§༊ Invaded the Canton province
§༊ Wanted trade
§༊ Takeover of warehouse
§༊ Very Successful
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o Opium Wars o Younger individuals assimilate to European culture o Chinese that are forced to leave have actually kept their culture better in US than in China
Opium Wars o Gov’t and local clans are fighting o Wars with Japan and Russia o Leads to deaths
§༊ Actually helping overpopulation
Tsunami
o There were 2 tsunamis o Destroys everything, European property as well as Chinese property o In China overall, floods and drought o Rice, tea, and opium need water
§༊ If too much water, it’s destroyed o No food o Trading was ceased
Gum Saan à༎ “Gold Mountain” o Gold was the main reason they came to US
§༊ Workers were needed in California
§༊ Us even promoted this idea of gold themselves
Return Migration o Sent someone who only stayed in US for a
12/12/12 1:05 AM
Chinese
• Patriarchy/Eldest Male/Clan o Clan is led by eldest male o Male won’t stop being in power until their passing o Eldest male tells everyone what to do o Clan is related by blood or marriage
• Surname o Goes by last name o It doesn’t matter what your name is, just who your family is o Introduce last name first: Khanchaleunh, Sakoona
• “Guadong” or Canton Province o Where most immigrants came from o Not a farming province o Located on the harbor à༎ great for trade
•
•
•
o Even traded with Americans
Toishan/Taishan
o Not only a harbor port, but it was industrialized o Makes the most of fireworks o More industrialized and urban o Cosmopolitan people à༎ Those that are very modern
Overpopulation
o There was 1 century of overpopulation
§༊ The gov’t couldn’t support them financially o Weren’t getting things b/c of unpaid taxes o “Civil war” o Jobs are the biggest problem
Imperialism
o Same thing as colonizing o Europeans coming over to take over China and take over trade o Chinese have tea and rice o Europeans
§༊ Invaded the Canton province
§༊ Wanted trade
§༊ Takeover of warehouse
§༊ Very Successful
•
•
•
•
•
o Opium Wars o Younger individuals assimilate to European culture o Chinese that are forced to leave have actually kept their culture better in US than in China
Opium Wars o Gov’t and local clans are fighting o Wars with Japan and Russia o Leads to deaths
§༊ Actually helping overpopulation
Tsunami
o There were 2 tsunamis o Destroys everything, European property as well as Chinese property o In China overall, floods and drought o Rice, tea, and opium need water
§༊ If too much water, it’s destroyed o No food o Trading was ceased
Gum Saan à༎ “Gold Mountain” o Gold was the main reason they came to US
§༊ Workers were needed in California
§༊ Us even promoted this idea of gold themselves
Return Migration o Sent someone who only stayed in US for a