Chinese+Imperialism+Webquest

Imperialism in China:  The Open-Door Policy and Nationalist Rebellion In this French cartoon, Britain, Germany, Russia, France, and Japan carve up China Adapted from Webquest Introduction || || || ||  Task
 * By 1800, China was a prosperous country with a highly developed agricultural system. China was not industrialized, but workers in small workshops were able to produce most of the goods the Chinese needed. Because China was practically self-sufficient, its emperors had little interest in __t__rading with Europeans. For decades, Europeans could do business only at the port of Canton. Despite pleas from Britain and other nations, China refused to open other ports to foreigners. The Chinese regarded European goods as inferior to their own and bought few goods from the European merchants at Canton.
 * European merchants were determined to find a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities. Eventually, the British East India company discovered such a product - opium. Opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. The Chinese government tried to stop the opium trade by appealing to British royalty. When those pleas went unanswered, the quarrel over opium grew into a war.
 * The Opium War and the peace that followed led to increased __[trading__ rights for Europeans in China. For a time it looked as though a scramble for China might follow the one for Africa...
 * This WebQuest will lead you though the major events and policies that effected life in China during the 1800s. After completing this project, you should have a __complete__ understanding of the European-Chinese conflict of interest that shaped Chinese history during the 19th Century. ||
 * [[image:http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/webq/social%20studies/history/jberringer/berringer_2.gif width="141" height="219"]] || ===== Your group has just traveled back in time to the year 1900. You have arrived in China during a time of great turmoil. The United States has just proposed a policy that will allow equal __#|access__ to China for all foreign merchants. As a result, a group of Chinese nationalists have taken to the streets and have pledged to rid the country of "foreign devils." =====

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You and your colleagues have been invited to a conference being held at the Chinese __Imperial Palace.__ At this conference, European merchants and Chinese citizens will have the opportunity to present their visions for the future of China. =====

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Each group will research the Opium Wars, The Treaty of Nanking, The Taiping Rebellion, The Open-Door Policy, or The Boxer Rebellion as assigned. You will then create a Prezi or Powerpoint presentation about the respective topic to be presented in class (with at least 4-6 slides). Each group will also include a Press Release in which you state if you support European merchants or Chinese nationalists on whether the Chinese government should support trade with foreign nations or aid in the fight to again isolate China from foreign influence and why. ===== || Empress Dowager Tsu Hsi Resources [|Back to Top] [PSD]= Primary Source Document, [BI] = Background Information **Note:** If any of the links listed below are found to be inactive, please request hard copies of the documents from your instructor.
 * **The Opium Wars** ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/webq/social%20studies/history/jberringer/berringer_3.jpg width="117" height="85" align="center"]]

Naval Battle During the First Opium War || [|"Trade War: Britain Acquires 'a Barren Rock'"] [BI] [|"Ch'ing China: The Opium Wars"] [BI] [|"The Opium Wars and Foreign Encroachment"] [BI] [|"Letter of Advice to Queen Victoria"] [PSD] || [|"The Treaty of Nanking"] [BI] [|"The Opium Wars: The Treaty of Nanking/Consequences"] [BI] || [|"Ch'ing China: The Taiping Rebellion"] [BI] "Proclamation to the People of Nanking by Taiping Rebels, 1853" [PSD] || [|"The Open-Door Notes"] [BI] [|"The Open-Door Policy: 1899"] [BI] [|"John Hay's First Open-Door Note"] [PSD] || A 'Boxer' - 1900 || [|"Ch'ing China: The Boxer Rebellion"] [BI] [|"][|Fei Ch'i-hao's: The Boxer Rebellion, 1900"] [PSD] ||
 * **The Treaty of Nanking** ||  ||
 * || [|"The Anglo-Chinese Treaty of Nanking (1842)"] [PSD]
 * **The Taiping Rebellion** ||  ||
 * || [|"The Taiping Rebellion: 1861-1864"] [BI]
 * **The Open-Door Policy** ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/webq/social%20studies/history/jberringer/berringer_hay.gif width="140" height="180"]] John Hay || [|"Map - Spheres of Influence in China"] [BI]
 * **The Boxer Rebellion** ||  ||
 * [[image:http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/departments/seced/webq/social%20studies/history/jberringer/berringer_boxer.gif width="137" height="188"]]
 * [|"The Boxer Rebellion"][BI]