World History

CHAPTER 17

Asia in Transition

Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Section 2: China and Europeans Section 3: The Tokugawa Shoguns in Japan

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Objectives:

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Explain why the Chinese showed little interest in overseas trade during the Ming dynasty.

Describe how the Qing dynasty came to rule China.

Discuss changes that occurred in the Chinese economy under Qing rule.

Analyze reasons for the decline of the Qing dynasty.

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Ming Foreign Policy

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Attitudes toward trade –

 wanted to be self sufficient;  refused to rely on foreign trade

The northern frontier –

 strengthened Great Wall of China  chose frontier defense over trade and sea travel

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Founding the Qing Dynasty

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Nurhachi unified tribes in Manchu Adopted Chinese culture

 Emperor Hsuan Yeh

Kept Manchu people separate and distinct from Chinese

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties The Queue

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The Qing rulers had all men keep their hair in a queue or tail.

This was Manchurian Style Showed obedience to the Manchurians, by the Chinese

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Economy, Culture, and Society

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Economy

 trade and manufacturing specialization grew

Popular culture and society

 novels and plays in everyday language  family was center of society

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Section 1: The Ming and Qing Dynasties Decline of the Qing Dynasty

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Population growth Government inefficiency and increases in taxes White Lotus Rebellion

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Objectives:

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Characterize early contact between Portugal and China.

Explain why China and Great Britain went to war in the mid-1800s.

Describe how internal rebellions contributed to the decline of the Qing dynasty.

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The Portuguese

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Trade ties with China Jesuit missionaries helped emperors revise calendar, gained great power with imperial court Qing rulers became suspicious, fearful of Jesuits’ intentions

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Section 2: China and Europeans The British

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Free trade ideas

 Great Britain abolished British East India Company’s monopoly on trade with China

The opium trade

  Chinese demand for cotton didn’t match British demand for tea British India exported opium to China, which caused trade imbalance

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The British

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The Opium War

 Chinese tried to forcibly stop opium trade  Hong Kong went to British rule

More concessions

 unequal treaties with France and United States  foreign embassies in Beijing

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Rebellions

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Taiping Rebellion

 caused terrible destruction

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