Cause and Effect- Chinau2019s Century of Crisis - Cause...

Cause and Effect: China’s Century of Crisis
Begin a cause and effect chart using examples from “A Map of Time” on page 835. As you read
this section, draw connections between these events and suggest the reason for that
connection.
Event Leads to... Reason
China rejects British
requests for open
trade (1793)
Angered and persistent Britain (followed
by other western countries including the
US) introducing opium to Chinese society
and economy to cause dependence and
addiction. Led to widespread opium
addiction and eventually the first opium
war after a Chinese trader protested by
dumping thousands of dollars of opium
into the Ocean off of Canton.
Brits were angered by China's rejection
to the Macartney Mission (petition to
sell more british goods in China) . (Lol
they said that, “Your country has
nothing we need.” That's so cocky
China, I like it but you were pretty
wrong. The British were also already
like “oh heck no you aren’t throwing our
lucrative trading goods into the ocean,
we already went through this with the
Boston Tea Party!)
The first Opium War
(1838–1842)
Unequal Treaties, readmittance of
Protestant and Catholic missionaries,
foreign concessions, Taiping Rebellion
China was easily overwhelmed by the
British Naval forces and superior
military technology. The British made