Opium Wars, Taping Rebellion, Boxers Rebellion Flashcards
Opium
A drug that comes from a Poppy plant
What country owns and what is the name company in India that was used to grow opium?
England
East Indian Company
How did opium spread throughout despite so quickly despite the ban?
The Black Market
Who is Lin Zexu, and what did he do?
General of Hunan
Detained hundreds of American, Britain, and Dutch merchants and trapped them in the factories with no food.
Who won the war and why?
England
Superior weaponery
Treaty of Nanjing
Ended the First Opium War
England got Hong Kong.
5 trading ports were opened (No more Canton system)
China had to repay Britain for the war.
Who led the Taiping Rebellion?
Hong Xiuquan
What dream did Xiuquan have?
Xiuquan was the son of God and the younger brother of Jesus
He was to cleanse China of their sins and save them from demons (Manchus)
What was the name of the Kingdom that Xiuquan was trying to restore?
The Heavenly Kingdom
What religion were the rules of the Taping Rebellion based on?
Christainity
Why was Europe neutral at first during the rebellion?
Xiuquans cousin published books that praised Europe and said China was better off with them
Why did the Taping Rebellion fall?
Forgiens saw their Christianity as a perversion
Struggles with leadership
What were some customs under the Taping Rebellion?
Men and Women were equal.
Women were in the army but separated.
Confusis exam was taken out for a Christian exam
No alcohol or opium
What did the Xiquan and his “God Worshipers” take over?
Nanjing
What contributed to the rise of the Boxer rebellion?
Oper door policy of America that supported foreign traders and Christain missionaries
