China Resists Outside Influence
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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
Great
Wall
Invention
of Paper
Money
Movable
Type
Marco
Polo
Silk
Road
Foot Binding – role
of women in
Chinese society?
Invention
of Paper
Kublai
Khan
Gunpowder
Confucius
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 selfsufficiency
•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 habitforming 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.