https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl Please Help Me en-us 2019-03-18 19:16:35 UTC 2025-10-16 01:33:22 UTC hello@padlet.com brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342581385 How did the Opium Wars have a lasting impact on China?]]> 2019-03-18 19:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342581385 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342581767 -  The Opium War allowed for the British to interfere with Chinese life and take control of Hong Kong. 
-  With the treaty of Nanjing, the British were allowed to trade with China without any impositions, and while opening up 5 new British ports in China.
-  The British required that the Chinese pay 18 million for the war and for the loss of British merchants.  
- Even after the 1st Opium war, the British had to fight to get no tariffs and free trade between the two countries ]]> 2019-03-18 19:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342581767 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342583868 Doc A:  Thomas Arnold's letter to W.W Hull 
Arnold sees how the Opium war is damaging both nations.  The wars are entirely based on money and power for the British and is very immoral.  

Doc.  B:  The Treaty of Nanjing
Article II describes how the British will interfere with Chinese life and are able to impose rules or regulations between the Chinese and British without any Chinese concern. Article III describes how the British need to have their own ports for their own trade.

]]> 2019-03-18 19:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342583868 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342585228 Doc C.  Painting by Dr. Edward Hodges Cree
The painting illustrates the true power of Britain with their thousands of soldiers and men completely destroying the Chinese from the river due to their lack of navy. 

Doc. D:  Sir James Graham's letter to Lord William 
Violence was not the answer.  The best bet was to maintain peace with them while slowing imposing British control.

Doc E:  Lin Zexu's letter to Queen Victoria
Zexu explains that the impositions and Opium brought by the British just for economic means and to get more power is immoral to the nature of people and to God.  he believes that Opium is destroying China and is no longer wanted there

Doc. F:  Jean-Jacques Granville's painting 
The painting shows a scared Chinese man in the "confident presence" of a European with cases of Opium, supported by an army of English men .

Doc.  G:  Cantonese Paper
The Chinese call the British vultures that are only hungry for power and will do anything to get it. They claim that despite their refusal the British still maintained rule, and are poisoning China. The gods and patriotism are united against the 'British dogs" that are savage and only want money.   ]]> 2019-03-18 19:27:00 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342585228 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342665229 Docs A, E and G: 
Opium destroyed the Chinese government and was poisoning the people of China, separating the people and their unity.  

Docs B and C: 
The British used their military power to take over Hong Kong and scare the people of China, despite their refusal, to implement customs into Chinese society.

Docs, D and F:
No matter what the British wanted their land. The best way to keep fighting low was to make sure the British got what they wanted and let them impose their laws, leading to less fight

]]> 2019-03-19 01:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342665229 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342666335 Although the Opium wars caused economic prosperity due to an increase of trade, in reality, they brought downfalls to other major parts of the Chinese economy, made China not financially able to support its people, and finally able to come out of its shell of isolation. ]]> 2019-03-19 01:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342666335 brodie_wahl1_2 https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342667881 Although the Opium wars caused economic prosperity from British interference, the wars brought downfalls to other majors parts of the Chinese economy, made China not financially capable of supporting its people, and able to come out of its shell of isolation. With the British's attempts to become a superior economic power, their influences greatly changed China: from conquering Hong Kong and making it part of Britain, to implementing reforms and articles that supported the British trade system.  China, in some ways, prospered from a mass production of tea and other materials, but their inflation of silver and copper caused them to internally downfalling.  
One of the longest lasting effects of the Opium war was the British's reforms and taxes that caused China to not be able to support its own people.  With the destruction of Zheng He's fleet during the Ming Dynasty, China has already become financially unstable, and behind on many industrial improvements. The treaty of Nanjing, that ended the Opium wars to the people of Britain and China, was meant to aid the British's rule and governing in China after their destruction victory against the Chinese, in which it stated that the British are able to impose regulations and reforms to change the Chinese political system, and most importantly, the trade system (Document B). By changing the systems, the British could add additional ports and services to make trade easier and more efficient. Although the Chinese rebelled against such ideas, leading to the Second Opium War, the British were consistent with their ideas and kept adding more and more reforms that ensured the Chinese wouldn't bother the British and their business, sending them into an economic downfall. Many other "colonies" at the time, like those in Southern America, were completely under their Queen Country's Rule and treated horribly, leading to famine and high death rates; however, the Chinese were simply put under British rule, but could function on their own as long as they made profit for their host, and not for themselves. Dr. Edward Hodges Cree illustrated the power of the British navy force that was able to stop the Chinese, providing some British nationalism, to intimidate other forces, directly implying that the British were superior (Document C). The complete destruction of the Chinese forces caused China to be even more set back militarily, causing for more money and profits to be put into China.  With complete British rule, like in Hong Kong, the British changed the entire format of Chinese society.  They eventually realized that being so isolated was not a good thing at all, leading to even more self reforms to try and better their societies. China was required to make products and continually pay money, like the $12 million for the Opium Wars, to the host country.  China's people eventually grew very angry and started to rebel.  This all lead to many other reforms and regulations that needed to be in place.  "Thanks" to the British's reforms and strict regulations on trade in China, the people of China were unable to support themselves. ]]> 2019-03-19 01:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/brodie_wahl1_2/35l9kkrkojtl/wish/342667881