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The comic below is an amazing way to represent China during Imperialism. The comic is basically showing how all these nations had different cultures but still felt that China wasn't normal. They wanted to force China (the dragon) to surrender to their ways.

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This graph below shows how effective opium was in Chinese society. As you can see, China's imported opium increased drastically over the span of 40 years. This represents just how badly this must have hurt China economically.

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This is a portrait of Imperial Commander Lin Zexu. As you can see, he wears traditional Chinese clothing which hints at the fact that he does not want to accept Wester ways.

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The People and Society of the First Opium War 

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The People and Society of the First Opium War 

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This is a picture of the first Opium War. As shown in the picture, you can easily see how China's old-fashioned ships are being destroyed by Britain's steel ships.

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https://docs.google.com/a/muskegonorwayschools.org/document/d/1qHhVUcI61YvfxlS0kybdkk8DzmWui5noAuOWU2a4unI/edit?usp=sharing

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I wanted to research the first Opium War because I wanted to know more about the war itself. I didn't want to see a romanticized version of the war but rather the reality. Because of this, I was intrigued to find out more about the life people experienced during the first Opium War. During my research I felt complete sympathy for China. I was able to see how greatly this war affected them. Britain had used China to be able to make a giant profit. This seemed very interesting to me. I wondered why Britain had chosen China for making an extreme profit off of compared to other countries.. So I continued my research and found even more interesting facts about the Opium War. All these facts made me feel curious, interested, and sympathetic. All in all, my final reaction is that the first Opium War should be taken into account more often. Even though it may have not seem like such a major war, Chinese citizens still feel the lasting effects of the war to this day.

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Who was one major person in the first Opium War?

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Who was one major person in the first Opium War?

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Chinese Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu was one influential person in the first Opium War. He insisted on the banning opium to help China from its economical deprivement. He then had all opium dealers executed and all crates of opium destroyed and thrown into the ocean. Because of his actions, trouble was created.

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Since China was trying to resist Western ways, China had not modernized at all. This led to disaster when the first Opium War occurred. The old-fashioned Chinese ships were no match for Britain's steel ship navy. In the end, the Opium War was not exactly a very fair war. Britain truly had no major competition in China.

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What factors may have been able to change the outcome of the first Opium War?

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What factors may have been able to change the outcome of the first Opium War?

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If the Chinese government had accepted Western ways while keeping their own culture, China could have modernized rapidly. This could have strengthened not only the Chinese army, but also the Chinese government. Because of this new strength, China may have had a better chance at winning the war. Also, when China decided to stop trading with Britain for Opium, they sent a letter to Queen Victoria explaining why. They told her that it was hurting their economy. China then went on to say that they would be willing to continue to trade with Britain for any item other than opium. Unfortunately, this letter never made it to Queen Victoria. If it had, the British navy may have never been sent to China to declare war.

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What factor led to the outcome of the first Opium War?

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What factor led to the outcome of the first Opium War?

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Opium can debatably be the only cause of the first Opium War. It all started when the Chinese began trading with Britain for opium. Opium is an addictive drug that is now referred to as heroin. Recreational use of opium was considered illegal. Since opium was addictive, the consumption of the drug increased dramatically in China. As this occurred, the profit Britain was making increased too. Not before long, Chinese citizens became addicted to opium and spent all their money on it. This led to China starting to fall apart economically.

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How is imperialism shown throughout the first Opium War?

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How is imperialism shown throughout the first Opium War?

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Imperialism is when one country economically, politically, or culturally dominates over another land or territory. In the case of the first Opium War, Britain showed imperialism through economical ways. Since Britain was making so much money off of China by trading opium, they were basically economically dominating over China.

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Great Britain declared war on China.

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How did Chinese people feel/react during this time period?

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How did Chinese people feel/react during this time period?

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Before the first Opium War, Chinese people reacted by not accepting Western ways. The Chinese government didn't let anyone come near them and only allowed a few ports to be open for foreign trade. This was all due to the fact that China felt superior in its own way. China oved its own culture, religion, and traditions so much that it didn't even open up to the ideas of Westerners.

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What was one outcome of the first Opium War?

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What was one outcome of the first Opium War?

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The Treaty of Nanjing was on major outcome of the first Opium War. The Treaty of Nanjing actually ended the first Opium War but, unfortunately for China, it was a very unfair treaty. It forced China to create five ports where Britain could trade anything they wanted to with China. Before long, Britain was even able to stop the ban for the selling of opium on mainland China. This showed a small part of Britain's political dominance over China. Even more so, Britain gained control of Hong Kong.

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What was the cause of the first Opium War?

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What was the cause of the first Opium War?

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There were many factors that led to the first Opium War. The most prominent factor had to do with opium. Once China had banned opium, Britain was extremely mad. Without opium, Britain could no longer produce the incredible profit they were making off of China.This led to Britain declaring war in attempt to keep economic domination over China. In addition to that, Britain was also unsatisfied that they had no political control over China. Britain wanted to have at least one British representative in the Chinese imperial court so they could have more political say (trading rights) over China.

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What was happening before the first Opium War in China?

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What was happening before the first Opium War in China?

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Before first Opium War, the Qing dynasty controlled China. They expanded outwards, conquering places like Tibet and Taiwan. When Western powers came however, they became isolated. The Qing dynasty started refusing Western ways.

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When did the first Opium War occur? How long did it last?

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When did the first Opium War occur? How long did it last?

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The first Opium War occurred in 1839 lasted until 1842.

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The first Opium War was a conflict between Great Britain and China.