Imperialism in China Timeline Storyboard
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The Age of Imperialism
Lesson Plans by John Gillis
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, European powers set out to develop global empires and their efforts were largely successful. Imperialism reorganized international politics and had a major impact on the development of the global south.
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The History of Imperialism - Imperialism in China
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- Britain Imports Opium into China
- Something not quite right about this stuff.
- Imperialism in China
- Britain began importing opium into China in the late 1700s. By the mid 1830s, over 11 million Chinese were addicted.
- Opium War
- Taiping Rebellion
- On to Nanjing!
- Chinese officials began to seize and destroy large quantities of opium. Claiming a violation of free trade rights, Britain responded with military force. In the resulting war, China was devastated.
- Chinese peasants grew increasingly frustrated with their leaders. A massive peasant army formed and struggled for over a decade for control of China. Twenty million Chinese died in this uprising.
- France
- Spheres of Influence
- Britain
- Germany
- Boxer Rebellion
- Seeing a weakened, vulnerable China, other nations began to move in and carve the nation into spheres of influence.
- Russia
- CHINA: DIVIDED
- Japan
- China controlled by foreigners!
- A secret group, the Righteous Harmonious Fists, formed with the goal of expelling all foreigners. These "Boxers" were defeated, but a new Chinese nationalism was born.
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- casablanca-Ocean waves and fishing boys - ustung - (License Attribution )
- Ching Yang Temple, Chentu, China [1908] Ernest H. Wilson [RESTORED] - ralphrepo - (License Attribution )
- Fisherman In Grand Canal By The East Gate, Peking, China [1907] Herbert C. White Co. [RESTORED] - ralphrepo - (License Attribution )
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