Imperialism

Manchuria

• North East of Beijing

• Han Dynasty did not like the ways of the Manchurians

  • Manchurians demanded that every man wear his hair in the Manchurian way

    • Han Dynasty refused, 100k refused and were killed

• Qing Dynasty did not want foot binding

Britain

• Only allowed to stay in Canton region

• Wanted to trade SO MUCH with Chinese

• Opium

  • The Chinese refused to accept anything that the people were wanting except for Silver

  • The British decide to try to sell Opium, and the Chinese decide to accept

  • The Chinese later decide that they do not want to have Opium in China.

• The Opium Wars

  • The Chinese send a request to Queen Victoria

Taiping Rebellion

• 20 - 100 million casualties

• The peasants revolt against the Qing Dynasty

• The Qing have the military, bureaucracy, and government

• The Qing would have lost if the British had not help