China Resists Outside Influence

Date______ Page______ Title: China Resists Outside Influence Warmup: Identify each picture in the following slide as a review of China. Then, write a paragraph about Chinese accomplishments and history up until the early 1800s.

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Dynastic Cycle Invention of Paper Foot Binding – role of women in Chinese society?

Great Wall Invention of Paper Money Movable Type Marco Polo Kublai Khan Gunpowder Confucius Silk Road

Guangzhou China and the West • Chinese looked down on foreigners due to pride in ancient culture • Able to reject Western offers of goods because of agricultural self sufficiency • Only place they would allow foreigners to do business was at southern port of Guangzhou – balance of trade in China’s favor • European merchants found a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities: opium (a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant) • By 1835, 12 million Chinese were addicted to the drug

War Breaks Out • Growing supply of opium caused great problems for China • Britain refused to stop trading opium – result was an open clash between the British and Chinese – the Opium War of 1839 • Outcome- Treaty of Nanking- Britain gets Hong Kong, more access to ports, US and others sign another treaty gaining extraterritorial rights.

• Extraterritorial rights- foreigners do not have to follow Chinese laws. As you watch the video clip, write down five additional facts about the Opium War.

Lin Zexu, the Qing emperor, wrote to England’s Queen Victoria about the Opium problem: “By what right do they [British merchants]…use the poisonous drug to injure the Chinese people?...I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood. Since it is not permitted to do harm to your own country, then even less should you let it be passed on to the harm of other countries.”

Taiping Rebellion • Rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan • Wanted to build a “Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace” • Army of over one million peasants took control of southeastern China and captured Nanjing • Qing, British and French attack Taiping and it collapses.

• 20 million die in the rebellion

Self-Strengthening Movement • Led by Dowager Empress Cixi • Tries to reform: -Update China’s educational system, diplomatic service, military -Set up factories to manufacture steam-powered gunboats, rifles, ammunition -Too little, too late!

Foreign Influence Grows • As you watch the video, write down at least five facts about the Open Door policy in China and Spheres of Influence. China: The Open Door Policy

• US policy passed in 1899 • Opens China to merchants of all nations • Insures protection of US trade rights • Keeps China free from colonization • Spheres of Influence are set up in China- foreign nations control trade and investment in certain areas of China

Upsurge in Chinese Nationalism Write down at least three facts about the Boxer Rebellion from the video.

Upsurge in Chinese Nationalism • Chinese resent foreign influence and economic control in China • Dowager Empress organizes Boxers (Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists) slogan: “Death to foreign devils” • Multinational force defeats the uprising • Does show that the Chinese have a nationalist spirit

Directions: Using your notes and the images provided, create a storyboard about China’s resistance to outside influence. You must correctly identify each event/idea, put them in the correct order, and then tape/glue it to your notebook with a brief description of what happened. You may use a textbook to add additional information.