the 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
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any sense‚ when the British finally found the one item the Chinese would buy was opium. A drug which was once used for medicinal purposes was now being used in a recreational manner. Use of the drug created addictions among many people‚ having to feed their addictions by selling their children to receive the
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because of the dynastic cycle. Government was less efficient‚ intellectual life declined‚ and there was a lot of popular unrest. Western influence caused the decline to happen more abruptly. An example of this was the Opium Wars. British merchants began smuggling Opium into China. The opium itself contributed to the fall because some leaders and officials were addicted to it‚ which led to incapable rulers. When China attempted to stop this they ended up in a War with Great Britain and eventually other
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Looking back over the millennium now ending‚ one question in particular stands out: how did the inhabitants of Western Europe‚ a backwater in the year 1000AD‚ manage to gain economic and military dominance over much of the globe? Not so long ago‚ the answers to this question seemed obvious: Europeans were racially superior‚ and besides‚ God wanted them to win. As historians have shed race-driven and providential views of human history‚ new explanations have had to be formulated. Some of these new
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History 101 Extra Credit Assignment 1. First Opium War 1839-42 The First Anglo-Chinese War known popularly as the First Opium War was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China‚ with the aim of securing economic benefits from trade in China. In 1842‚ the Treaty of Nanking the first of what the Chinese called the unequal treaties granted an indemnity to Britain‚ the opening of five treaty ports‚ and the cession of Hong Kong Island‚ ending the monopoly
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RISING CRIME AGAINST WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. The rising crime rate against women especially children in developing countries is appalling. The lethargy of law enforcement agencies have rendered otherwise tough laws redundant. Corruption is the worst nightmare for women. India a relatively safe country has become dangerous for women‚ where even 4 year old girls are not safe in their own homes. Shameful for a country which worships goddesses and virgin girls. There is a desperate need for Human
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How far do you agree that the Qing Dynasty fell mainly because of the humiliation of China at the hands of foreigners? The Qing Dynasty fell apart in the 19th after flourishing throughout the 18th century. Like many complicated systems‚ it grew brittle and inflexible. It could not adjust as new problems arose. Bad harvests‚ warfare‚ rebellions‚ overpopulation‚ economic disasters‚ and foreign imperialism contributed to the dynasty’s collapse. The qing rulers were themselves foreign as they were
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settlements and murdered dozens of Christian missionaries; US troops participated in an international force to crush the rebellion of the Boxers; China was forced to pay a huge sum of indemnities * Opium Wars * A war between Great Britain and China that began in 1839 as a conflict over the opium trade and ended in 1842. The Chinese gave up Hong Kong to the British and they Chinese also opened 5 of their ports to foreign merchants. Lastly they also granted other commercial and diplomatic privileges
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Abbey Martin HST 106H Dr. Katherine Hubler April 17‚ 2015 Industrialization in the 18th and 19th Centuries Revolutions abounded worldwide in the late 18th and 19th centuries. From political independence to industrialization‚ it was a time of great change that would provide the building blocks for modern day society. Although political revolutions created independent nations and abolished slavery‚ it was the Industrial Revolution that truly shifted how society functioned. The Industrial Revolution
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79-104 -- INTRODUCTION TO WORLD HISTORY – S10 SECOND LONG PAPER The 1876-1879 and 1896-1902 famines in India and China were some of the worst famines the world had ever seen up until that point in time (Rouse Lecture). In China and India from 1876-1882‚ the estimated mortality was between 31 and 61 million (Davis 2001: 7). If the British and the Chinese governments had made simple changes in their policies regarding India and China‚ the results of the famine would not have been so catastrophic
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