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Asia for Educators, Columbia University. “Key Points across East Asia-by Era.” Key Points | Asia for Educators | Columbia University, http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_1750-1919.htm.

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Works Cited

“Hist 347: The Opium War as Global History (HC): Background Information.” Research Guides, 15 Oct. 2013, https://guides.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/opium.

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Townsend Harris tells us that war ends in time, but Opium smuggling and trade from the British will not stop. This greatly affected China's economy.

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This political cartoon above represents the opium in between the two people arguing over it. While you see the battle going on behind. This shows the first problem which was them arguing over the opium, and the result which was the Opium War.

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As time goes on, Opium imports increase, because during this time, the British were smuggling and importing Opium into China, causing the Opium war.

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British imperialism had started the Opium War, which then made it noticeable that the Qing’s government was very weak. British Imperialism also extended China's culture in trading, they opened up new ports for trading. British Imperialism affected culture, because of the new people that came in affected holidays, artworks, and education overall since different people from different backgrounds came in with everything they grew up with.

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The open door policy was a term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the policy established in the late 19th century and the early 20th century that would allow for a system of trade in China open to all countries equally.

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There were also a few treaties created during this time. One treaty was the Treaty of Nanking, this would end up being a peace treaty which would be the end of the Opium War. This was a huge sign for a new start in a good direction, but this did not end up as a good direction, due to all of the slave like cultures going on after this war had ended.

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After this war ended the Slave Trade, discrimination was a still a huge factor. This was not a good sign, but luckily it was the only warfare during the time.

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Imperialism had a very heavy effect on China. The British gave China less freedom, while getting huge amounts of money in exchange. British smuggled and imported Opium to China, which would than be a huge factor in the Opium War

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The Slave Trade was also developed during this time. This affected native people of China, and led to discrimination. These changes in China gave the Chinese people a large disadvantage in trade. It affected the well being of the Chinese community, along with their rights and freedoms.

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Chinese modernization eventually happened after the Opium wars, which they lost to the British. They noticed that they needed it after they saw the advanced, modern military of the British. After the Opium wars, the Chinese were humiliated from the loss. The Chinese did not like how the British defeated them so easily, and they did not respect the British for taking over their country.

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During this time, the British brought the idea of the “white man's burden” to China. They wanted to spread this idea to foreign lands to use their race for improving others. The Chinese also needed modernization at the time, because China had bad relationships with neighboring countries, such as Japan and Britain.

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Some technological advances that took place in China were the new additions of railways, steam-ship travel, and the telegraph. These inventions helped advance agriculture, machinery, communication, transportation, and trade in China, which all led to China’s much needed modernization.

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Interaction Between Human and Environment

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Interaction Between Human and Environment

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Imperialism had a huge effect on the environment, because imperialism was the reason for the Opium War, which had a huge effect on the land they were battling on. All of the guns, explosions, and movement on the environment must still have effects on the land today.

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In 1729, the first government prohibition was placed on the distribution of Opium in China. This started off as a small change, but eventually would be a leading factor in the Qing Government, and the reason during the Opium War, they found out how weak they actually are. The Opium war started between 1839 to 1842. The Qing Empire Vs Britain and its allies in France, United States, and Russia fought in this war.