Opium Wars

•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod

•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod

•Narcotic

•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod

•Narcotic

•It’s usually smoked.

•Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod

•Narcotic

•It’s usually smoked.

•Used to make morphine, demerol, methadone

Most opium was grown in India and Turkey

and Traded by the British East India Company

Most opium was grown in India and Turkey

and Traded by the British East India Company

China had silk, tea, and porcelain.

China with its 300 million people was self-sufficient.

China had silk, tea, and porcelain.

China with its 300 million people was self-sufficient.

• British East India Company smuggled opium into China in order to get the 3 commodities.

• China tried to stop the trade.

• British East India Company smuggled opium into China in order to get the 3 commodities.

• China tried to stop the trade.

• 1841- War broke out

UNEQUAL

TREATY

•1+0

UNEQUAL

TREATY

•1+0

1842

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

1842

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

1842

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

1842

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF

HONG KONG.

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF

HONG KONG.

1842

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF

HONG KONG.

5. Treaty ports- Shanghai + 11 others

1. Chinese paid British war losses (reparations)

2. British citizens living in China gained extraterritoriality.

3. Weakened the Qing (Manchu) Dynasty over next 60 years.

4. BRITISH GAINED THE ISLAND OF

HONG KONG.

5. Treaty ports- Shanghai + 11 others

1842

Hong Kong

1900Today

TREATY PORTSTREATY PORTS

CIVIL WARCause: Weakness from Treaty of

Nanjing

Time: 1850-1864

Leader: Hung Hsiu-ch’uan

Deaths: 20 million

OPEN DOOR

POLICY

The Dowager Empress Cuxi

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• 1857-1860

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• 1857-1860

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• 1857-1860

• In Convention of Beijing, Britain got Kowloon Peninsula

• Legalized the opium trade

• BRITISH and FRENCH against the CHINESE

• 1857-1860

• In Convention of Beijing, Britain got Kowloon Peninsula

• Legalized the opium trade

• Righteous and Harmonious Fists

• Righteous and Harmonious Fists

• Attacks on foreigners

• Righteous and Harmonious Fists

• Attacks on foreigners

• European multinational force

Hong Kong was returned to

China in 1997.Macao was returned in

1999.