China and the New Imperialism

Use your textbook, pages 333-337 to complete the following

The Trade Issue

Prior to the 1800s, Chinese rulers placed strict limits on…… foreign trade

What is a trade surplus? Exporting more than it imported

What is a trade deficit? Buying more from the Chinese than they sold to them

What were two developments that transformed China’s relations with the western world?

  1. China entered a period of decline
  2. The Industrial Revolution created a need for expanded markets for European goods

The Opium War

During the late 1700s, British merchants began making huge profits by trading….opium grown in Indiafor Chinese tea, which was popular in Britain

Silver flowed out of China…. In payment for the drug, disrupting the economy

The Chinese government outlawed opium and ….. executed Chinese drug dealers

With outdated weapons and fighting methods, the Chinese were easily defeated

Unequal Treaties – Treaty of Nanjing 1843

What is indemnity? Payment for losses in the war

What is extraterritoriality? The right to live under their own laws and be tried in their own courts

Internal Problems

Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion, which lasted from 1850 to 1864, was probably …. The most devastating peasant revolt in history

The Taiping rebels won… control of large parts of China.

Effects

It is estimated to have caused the deaths of between … 20 million and 30 million Chinese

Reform Efforts

They saw western technology as dangerous, too, because it threatened …. Confucian ways that had served China successfully for so long

Spheres of Influence

The imperial powers more or less accepted the idea of an …Open door policy

The Qing Dynasty (a.k.a Manchu) Falls

Boxer Uprising 1900

Anti-foreign feeling finally exploded in …the Boxer Uprising

Their goal was to drive out the “foreign devils” who were… polluting the land with their unChinese ways

Aftermath of the Uprising

The defeat, however, forced even Chinese conservatives to…. Support westernization

A Chinese business class emerged, and a new urban working class …. Began to press for rights as western workers had done

Three Principles of the People

Although the Boxer Uprising failed, the flames of ….. Chinese nationalism spread

A passionate spokesman for a Chinese… republic was Sun Yixian (a.k.a. Sun Yet-sen)

What was Sun Yixian’s three goals to rebuild China?

  1. Nationalism, freeing China from foreign domination
  2. Democracy, or representative government
  3. “Livelihood”, or economic security for all Chinese

Birth of a Republic

In December 1911, …. he was named president of the new Chinese republic

For the next 37 years, China was almost constantly at war… with itself or fighting off foreign invasion

China and the New Imperialism

Use your textbook, pages 333-337 to complete the following

The Trade Issue

Prior to the 1800s, Chinese rulers placed strict limits on……

What is a trade surplus?

What is a trade deficit?

What were two developments that transformed China’s relations with the western world?

1.

2.

The Opium War

During the late 1700s, British merchants began making huge profits by trading….

Silver flowed out of China….

The Chinese government outlawed opium and …..

With outdated weapons and fighting methods,……

Unequal Treaties

What is indemnity?

What is extraterritoriality?

Internal Problems

Taiping Rebellion

The Taiping Rebellion, which lasted from 1850 to 1864, was probably ….

The Taiping rebels won…

Effects

It is estimated to have caused the deaths of between …

Reform Efforts

They saw western technology as dangerous, too, because it threatened ….

Spheres of Influence

The imperial powers more or less accepted the idea of an …

The Qing Dynasty Falls

Boxer Uprising

Anti-foreign feeling finally exploded in …

Their goal was to drive out the “foreign devils” who were…

Aftermath of the Uprising

The defeat, however, forced even Chinese conservatives to….

A Chinese business class emerged, and a new urban working class ….

Three Principles of the People

Although the Boxer Uprising failed, the flames of …..

A passionate spokesman for a Chinese…

What was Sun Yixian’s three goals to rebuild China?

1.

2.

3.

Birth of a Republic

In December 1911, ….

For the next 37 years, China was almost constantly at war…