https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx An explanation dictating the events involving China and Imperialism from the 1800's to the early 1900's en-us 2017-12-06 17:29:46 UTC 2017-12-10 22:44:48 UTC hello@padlet.com aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213817989 2017-12-06 17:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213817989 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213819026 Around the 1800's when the Manchu was still in control, a system was installed. The tributary system was used so when one was to interact with China and its emperor, foreigners had to pay in something of high value, or tribute.]]> 2017-12-06 17:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213819026 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213821983 China's government tried to fight back against the addiction to opium. The emperor arrested British smugglers and government officials. They destroyed millions of dollars worth of opium. Fighting would then ensue between the Chinese and the Europeans. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, technology has been better in Europe. They had more damaging and advanced weaponry compared to the Chinese. The Chinese were crushed.]]> 2017-12-06 17:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213821983 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823405 After the defeat at the hands of the Europeans, the Chinese were forced to sign a treaty giving 21 million dollars in war cost and Hong Kong. ]]> 2017-12-06 17:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823405 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823773 There were many things wrong with China during the 1800's. There were poor conditions in irrigation systems that led to many floods in some provinces. The government was highly corrupted and the peasants could barely survive due to a spike in population. The wealthy were also known to have committed tax evasion.]]> 2017-12-06 17:41:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823773 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823964 Peasants had enough of the harsh conditions and soon took up[ arms against the government under the leader Hong Xiuquan. Under religious influence, Xiuquan believed in reforming China into a "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace", the Taiping. His version of China would embody socialistic ideas thought to be radical by Chinese officials like gender equality and even distribution of land. The war lasted for 14 years until the government crushed the rebellion with help from generals and high-ranking leaders aiding them.]]> 2017-12-06 17:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213823964 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213824427 After China's numerous defeats, countries decided to take land away from China. Britain took the Yangtze River Valley. The French took land near the colony of Indochina. And others took land elsewhere. This means that the Europeans now have territory underneath their influence. With that, they also have control over the lands' resources and goods.]]> 2017-12-06 17:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213824427 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213824606 Since every one was taking a piece of China, Japan wanted some land too. Japan and China fought over the land but China had already been weakened. Japan had also converted to imperialism ]]> 2017-12-06 17:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213824606 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825054 After the defeat at the hands of the Japanese, the young emperor Guangxu sought to reform China. For a period of a hundred days, he attempted to modernize China's politics, education, military, and many other things. This backfired and caused a majority of the Chinese conservatives to go against Guangxu. He was imprisoned and his mother was reinstated as the leader of China.]]> 2017-12-06 17:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825054 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825368 The empress Ci Xi started out as a lowly consort of the emperor Xianfeng. She quickly ascended the ladder having earned favor with the emperor and his wife. After the death of the two of them, Ci Xi appointed her son as the emperor. In reality she controlled the country. 
During her "rule" she modernized China as to help China avoid falling behind the Western countries and Japan. She introduced railroads, coal, and other innovations born from the Industrial Revolution.]]> 2017-12-06 17:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825368 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825628 An organization of Chinese martial artist, dubbed "Boxers" by the English, finally had enough of foreigners. The Righteous Harmonious Fists wanted to dissolve any and all foreign activity or anything related to them in China. Throughout 1900, the Boxers hit and assaulted many foreigners to the point where Westerners and the Japanese had to from a group to stop this. The Boxers were beaten and lost the support of the empress Ci Xi]]> 2017-12-06 17:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213825628 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213826166 When the empress Ci Xi died, she was replaced with a two year old as the emperor. The country, of course, fell into pandemonium. However, a Chinese versed in western ways, Sun Yixian, spoke of revolution and of China under a republic. He had three main ideals for China. He wanted China to be free of foreign control, wanted the government to be a democracy, and to secure the economy of China. On the December of 1911, Sun Yixian was elected the first president of China and soon, China would be involved in many conflicts to preserve itself and its lands.]]> 2017-12-06 17:46:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/213826166 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864336 2017-12-10 22:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864336 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864482 2017-12-10 22:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864482 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864574 2017-12-10 22:39:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864574 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864723 2017-12-10 22:41:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864723 aclarion https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864907 2017-12-10 22:44:12 UTC https://padlet.com/aclarion/yars3u4d8szx/wish/214864907