First Opium War

late 1700s when the Marathas lost the war to the Bombay presidency and when the British captured Seringapatam. With the victory at hand, Great Britain was able to utilize India to produce raw cotton and an export market for the British textile industry. The industrial revolution in Great Britain helped manufacture those resources coming from India more quickly which helped reversed their trade with China. In 1828 the Chinese market increased its demand for opium grown

acknowledged Chinese authority. To put it in the words of June Grasso in Modernization and Revolution in China, “China was the centre of the world; all the peripheral states held inferior positions . . . any state wishing to establish relations . . . first had to fit itself into what was known as the tribute system (Grasso, 1991).” In return, the subordinate states would be allowed a fair degree of independence in terms of their economic governance and foreign relations. Those closest to China, in what

The Potato Famine of Ireland began in September 1845 and lasted until 1849; it was created due to the people of Ireland being dependent on potatoes as their main source of food. Due to the high cost of grain with the Corn Law of 1815, growing potatoes was their only way to prevent starvation. Although, their high dependence on potatoes lead to their downfall in 1845. From 1845 to 1847 a fungus attacked the potato crop from one village to the next. With it being the only crop grown for miles, in some

were able to take advantage of preexistent networks of Proto globalization. Thus Modern globalization did not forge new ideas but took advantage of already existent ones. In fact these Archaic and Proto globalized linkages have their origin in the first century. 3 Merchants would leave the Bay of Bengal using the monsoons to propel them to East Africa; in hopes of securing riches both for themselves and the kingdom in which they were sent from, abroad. India maintained these Archaic linkages all the

It also is a political theory and movement aiming to establish a system. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels expressed what they thought was scientific socialism. Socialism was first brought up in the 1848 right before the Revolutions swept Europe. Socialism was important because it was the reason that individuals or groups couldn’t round up enough resources to out do another group. With social equality in mind, it was intended

the Chinese attempted to crack down on opium use and trade within its borders. The appointment of Lin Tse-hsu as Imperial Commissioner at Canton was the catalyst that changed the trajectory of Chinese-British relations. Tse-hsu immediately began to shut down the opium trade at its source by exposing and punishing corrupt officials and seizing opium supplies without compensation. He wrote a letter to Queen Victoria requesting Britain forego further opium imports to China, citing Britain's banning

From 1849 to 1965, the Chinese wanted to earn more money to send back to their families in China because the economy was dramatically decreasing. The Chinese heard about the Gold Rush in California and began to move to the United States. When they first migrated to the United States, they were placed in harsh conditions and were discriminated without knowing what they had done to the Americans. Their children had to go to school with a variety of races besides whites. Many Chinese immigrants moved

The opium wars revealed many problems with the relationship between China and The Western Powers, especially Great Britain. For example, China had fallen behind the rest of the world economy its technology due to the use of old aged traditions, another example being that once the trading started to expand and free trading was introduced relationships strained between china and The Western Powers, this was all due to the large influx of smuggled / traded opium. When the emperor tried to ban opium from

Opium and Trade Opium as a topic of discussion can lead to many arguments either for or against the introduction of the drug into the Chinese society. Initially, these opinions began to circulate upon its initial presentation to the people of China in the late eighteenth century and late nineteenth century when its popularity and reputation were rather miniscule and mysterious. On one side, arguments favored its legalization and actually praised its distributors because of the positive impact

My first choice is the Opium Wars. Throughout the beginning of major overseas exploration and trade, China had remained with its doors closed to most foreigners. Tobacco was one product that China did buy from Europeans in the seventeenth century (WTWA 4th ed. 588). Not long after, opium was integrated into the cigarettes (notes. Nov. 26). In 1729, China banned the import of Opium, but it continued to circulate in the Chinese society (WTW 4th ed. 588). In the early 19th century, Britain was comfortable