By the 1830's, the british had become a major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world. The East India Company shipped opium into Canton. It then got traded with Chinese manufactured goods for tea. It influenced them in many ways. It became a criminal activity after 1836, but the British traders bribed Canton officials so they would be able to keep the opium. They became so addicted that by 1837 chests of opium were produced and by 1837 it was 35,000. In 1836 the imperial government made opium illegal and decided to do something about this. They closed down the opium dens. The emperor wrote a letter to queen victoria explaining that the british government was not involed in the opium trade. The sailors ended up killing the messenger so Queen Victoria never got the letter. In August, 1842 the treaty of Nanjing ended bad. Hong Kong was handed over to the british. He opened new ports and Britian was called the "most favored nation"
Friday, December 18, 2009
opium Wars - Imperialism in China
The Opium War was a really big defeat china has gone through. It's also called the Anglo-Chinese War.
By the 1830's, the british had become a major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world. The East India Company shipped opium into Canton. It then got traded with Chinese manufactured goods for tea. It influenced them in many ways. It became a criminal activity after 1836, but the British traders bribed Canton officials so they would be able to keep the opium. They became so addicted that by 1837 chests of opium were produced and by 1837 it was 35,000. In 1836 the imperial government made opium illegal and decided to do something about this. They closed down the opium dens. The emperor wrote a letter to queen victoria explaining that the british government was not involed in the opium trade. The sailors ended up killing the messenger so Queen Victoria never got the letter. In August, 1842 the treaty of Nanjing ended bad. Hong Kong was handed over to the british. He opened new ports and Britian was called the "most favored nation"
By the 1830's, the british had become a major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world. The East India Company shipped opium into Canton. It then got traded with Chinese manufactured goods for tea. It influenced them in many ways. It became a criminal activity after 1836, but the British traders bribed Canton officials so they would be able to keep the opium. They became so addicted that by 1837 chests of opium were produced and by 1837 it was 35,000. In 1836 the imperial government made opium illegal and decided to do something about this. They closed down the opium dens. The emperor wrote a letter to queen victoria explaining that the british government was not involed in the opium trade. The sailors ended up killing the messenger so Queen Victoria never got the letter. In August, 1842 the treaty of Nanjing ended bad. Hong Kong was handed over to the british. He opened new ports and Britian was called the "most favored nation"
Thursday, December 10, 2009
"Mountians of the Moon"
The film "Mountians of the Moon" is based on two english explorers, Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke. They go on a expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. During there jorney there friendship grows. The scary part is that they were the only white men there. Sadly they were attacked and many of there men died. The cause was also illness and other diseases likr maleria. Many of there men betrayed them and ran away with there stuff. It was harder for them to survive without there belongings. They had to face many different situtions. In the movie they had to try to make peace with a tribe by offering them silk but they were just fascinated by his hair. The source of the Nile, Lake Victoria, was named after the British Queen. They thought if they discovered they have the right to name it so they did. Europeans had technological advanteges because they had weapons.The europeans had the ability to go through Africa with no problem because they had the power of machine guns. The africans had two choices wheather to let them pass through or get killed. At the point the Africans really didn't have a choice, the only way they could protect themselves was with spears and wooden shields. Basically the eurpoeans were in luck because without doing anything they were able to conquer.
Imperialism Project
The reason why we were assigned the Imperialism project to show the form of an empire. We discovered how they exported and imported slaves. We also learned about the shipping route which came in help during trade. We learned about many natural sources. The europeans went around to get all these natural resources such as gold, silver, cotton etc. I learned that the europeans had to make many trips to get all the sources they wanted. I think it was a fun way to learn all these new facts.
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