1. China Resists Outside Influence

2. Objectives Students will…
Explain the growth of Western influence in China, including the Opium War, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Qing Dynasty. (W.19)

3. Warm-Up
Primary and Secondary Source Discussion

4. China and the West China rejected offers of trade from the West
China was self-sufficient (had everything they needed)

5. The Opium War China would not trade internationally
Great Britain searched for a good to trade with China
Opium- an addictive narcotic
By 1835, over 12 million Chinese were addicted

6. War Breaks Out
The Qing emperor was angry about the drug trade coming from the British.
In 1839 the Emperor’s advisor writes a letter to Queen Victoria demanding the drug trade stop.

7. Primary Source Analysis
Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria

8. Result of Lin’s Letter?
NO RESPONSE FROM THE MONARCHY
Why?

9. British Prime Minister’s Response

10. The Opium War
The Opium War breaks out between Britain and China in 1839
The Chinese are easily defeated
The Treaty of Nanjing is signed in 1842
Treaty gave Britain Hong Kong

11. ExtraTerritorial Rights- ET Rights
The British signed extraterritorial rights
British citizens were not subject to Chinese laws
But, if accused of a crime in Chinese trading ports, but would only be tried by British courts.

12. Growing Internal Problems
Population increased to 430 million by 1850
30% increase
Food production could not keep up with growing population
Encouraged opium addiction
Chinese citizens began rebelling against the Qing dynasty

13. Taiping Rebellion Hong Xiuquan led the Taiping Rebellion (Heavenly
Kingdom of Great Peace)
Share wealth and no poverty
Qing imperial troops and British and French forces stopped rebellion
20 million people died
Ended in 1864
Hong Xiuquan (shoe chuan)

14. Other Nations Step In Foreign nations attack China
Treaties gain more control over China’s economy.
Spheres of influence—areas in which the foreign nation controlled trade and investment.
The U.S., having no sphere of influence, declared its Open Door Policy demanding free trade for all nations in China.

16. The Boxer Rebellion Resentful of the privileges of foreigners had.
The carry out a campaign against foreigners known as the Boxer Rebellion in 1900
Attacked the European section of Beijing
Defeated in Beijing
Performed physical exercises they believed would make them able to withstand bullets, killed foreigners and Chinese Christians and destroyed foreign property

17. Results of the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion brought a strong sense of nationalism
China must resist foreign intervention

18. Whiteboard Assessment

19. Whiteboard Assessment
What role did the British East India Company have in India?
What is extraterritoriality?
Why were Europeans so eager to gain control over Africa?
What are the four motivations for imperialism?
What was the Sepoy Mutiny?

20. Whiteboard Assessment
One reason the British wanted to control India was
To encourage Indian nationalism
To buy manufactured goods from India
To get access to India’s raw materials
To set up a democracy in India
What caused the Boxer Rebellion in China?
Military duties that were forced on the Chinese
Resentment against foreigners
Resistance to the introduction of modern technology
The fear of a Japanese invasion
What happened at the Berlin Conference?
Germany and France signed an agreement to end the Franco-Prussian War.
European leaders met to decide how to divide Africa.
Great Britain and Germany met to discuss how to prevent the spread of industrial technologies
Austria demanded that Germany renounce claims to its territory.
The period that British controlled India is referred to as
Meiji Era
Raj
Sepoy
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