years which started causing problems for the Chinese people. China didn’t want it‚ tried to stop it and a war started. The relationship between china and the british in the nineteenth century wasn’t very good because the British were forcing opium into China causing issues for there country because the opium was very harmful to the chinese people and when they signed a treaty to end the war it was a very unequal treaty. When the opium was brought into China caused many people there to be lazy and
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found a lot of supporters in the army. His roots here would be critical to his ascent to ‘the president’s office’. Very ambitious‚ and charismatic‚ his rise to power‚ though propelled by his merit was greatly facilitated by external forces‚ the cold war was at its height‚ and with memories of the Cuban missile crisis still fresh‚ the CIA was eager to have a staging point for possible operations in Africa; consequently they supported Mobutu providing him with military and financial support. Mobutu
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Imperialism played a major role in impacting the social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of societies around the world. The impacts extended to all corners of the world including China‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ and Japan and the effects were very prevalent. The impact of imperialism on China included the creation of unequal treaties‚ the population’s introduction to opium‚ China’s power shift‚ and the beginnings of manufacturing. In the Ottoman Empire‚ imperialism also caused unequal treaties‚ pushed
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economy and population to profit from‚ and so they started to sneak-import opium into China in order to get the population addicted‚ and when the chinese rejected and attacked opium ships‚ the British had an excuse to attack. This led the the Opium wars‚ which the british won‚ and forced the Chinese to sign unfair treaties that gave the british power over
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During the three years of the Opium War‚ Great Britain destroyed much of China’s coastal and river forts. Under the pressure of the superior military tactics and firepower from Britain‚ the Qing dynasty finally surrendered to the British terms. As a result‚ China opened its five coastal ports to Britain‚ limited tariffs on British goods‚ covered the costs of the war‚ and gave extraterritorial rights to British citizens in the Treaty of Nanjing. Due to the increasing British’s presence in China‚ it
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British and the French. 2. During the Second Opium War in 1860‚ the allegiance of European imperialist occupied the Chinese capital of Peking (Beijing). The Old Summer Palace‚ the Qing Chinese equivalent of a national museum‚ was looted and subsequently burnt down. 3. British started selling Opium to the Chinese to make a profit and eventually try to gain power over them by getting the Chinese addicted. This eventually leads to the Opium War. B- India 1. During the 1700s‚ a joint-stock company
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Before the 1800s‚ China was a super power before the time the Europeans came to their country. They comprehended further more about the world than the Europeans did‚ and had already started trading there. China had the largest known market in the world at the time‚ selling all sorts of exquisite products. This meant that China was home to one of the major economies on the planet. But it was even the smallest of things that made them a world leader. Priceless inventions like the saddle had not been
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Introduction Jamaican Maroons date back to the English conquest of Jamaica in 1655. At that time‚ the retreating Spanish freed their African slaves. They armed them and encouraged them to fight a guerrilla war against the new British Colonies. The released and runaway slaves‚ aided by Jamaica’s mountainous terrain; evaded capture‚ formed fighting bands and eventually split into two powerful communities. It is from these remote communities that the Jamaican Maroons raided British settlements and
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Cited: "Qing Dynasty." www.mnsu.edu. Minnesota State University‚ Dec. 2003. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. . "The Opium War." www.harvard.edu. Harvard University‚ 19 June 2002. Web. 23 Mar. 2010. .
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CARRIBEAN HISTORY School BASED ASSESSMENT PROFICIENCY: GENERAL Name of School: Mona High School Candidate Name: Sashorna Shirley Centre #: 100152 Candidate #: 100152___ Teachers Name: Ms J DaCosta Year of Submission: 2014/2015 Territory: Jamaica Research Topic Resistance and Revolt Examine the ways in which the Maroons were able to resist the British attack for over 100 years and say how this resistance led to the growth and development of maroon settlements in Jamaica. Acknowledgement
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