https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux What role did global trade play in China and India’s 19th Century economic decline relative to Europe? en-us 2021-03-25 14:25:38 UTC 2026-02-12 15:53:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353681300 Opium flowing in -- silver flowing out 
Silver currency led to a demand for silver worldwide from colonial powers with access to silver, further increasing European economic rule. Opium satiated addicts, silver benefitted the Nation and it's need for currency.]]> 2021-03-25 16:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353681300 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353682321 Colonized by the British in the mid-1800s. Couldn't export produced textiles due to British tariffs. Forced to resort to cash crops like opium which deepened China's economic decline.

When all India could do was export goods, it began developing characteristics of a third world country, because they had no other alternatives.

]]> 2021-03-25 16:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353682321 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353686357 Industrial economy -- agricultural economy because opium was grown in India and sold to China ]]> 2021-03-25 16:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353686357 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353692750 More rural areas of China decided to pursue opium rather than growing food crops.]]> 2021-03-25 16:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353692750 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353704776 "Arrow War" of 1858-1860 with the British forced China to legalize opium which caused addiction and production of opium to explode.]]> 2021-03-25 16:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353704776 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353721092 India couldn't export or produce textiles under British rule or do much to compete with them.]]> 2021-03-25 16:14:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353721092 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353733770 British started Colonization in Bengal 1757, raised an army and taxed Bengal land. Eventually, they used that army to colonize India.]]> 2021-03-25 16:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353733770 https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353761387 British Colonization of Hong Kong allowed for massive Opium imports to perpetuate addiction and make even more money for Britain.]]> 2021-03-25 16:22:03 UTC https://padlet.com/stlopez2/h0twszzsmsuhn1ux/wish/1353761387