BASIC THESIS
Emilie Brulé
Created on May 8, 2022
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- CAUSE : opium trade degenerated
The first opium war
1839-1842
Great Britain ==> imposed itself as an imperialist power
?
1. B.E = military power
2. Political Aspect
Index
3. Consequences
Strategies and tactics
Military power
Events which launched the fight :
- lots of skirmishes
.01
- China destroyed opium boxes sent
1839 !
- used experiences of veterents and wars
- tinked ant planned the war
- dominate the sea
goal : oblige Chinese to give up
Equipments and tecnologies
Military power
British Empire :
.01
- very performant
- better artillery
- better skills
- better organisation
- more powerful than Chinese
- vessels ++
- cannons ++
- power ++
- rifles ++
- power ++
- skills ++
easy victory + compensations, reparations and territories given to British
Political Aspect
.02
British Army > Chinese army
Treaty of Nanking
29 August 1842
"Unequal treaties"
Forced negociations
1) Honk-Kong belongs to B.E
2) British : install in 5 chinese ports
3) China have to give 1/3 of imperial incomes to B.E
Threats/ intimidation
Consequences of the war
.03
ECONOMIC
Conferences :
Mostly happened to China
British Empire : economic consequences : positives
(Unequeal Treaties)
China : long time of instability
Consequences of the war
.03
SOCIAL (in China)
Farmers : debt ++
Beg/Robbers
Proof : B.E powerful ++
Way Western perceived China :
Admiration ==> contempt
= mépris
Conclusion
.04
Second Opium War
- China : refused to review treaties
military power
British Empire : imposed as an imperialist power
- Opium trade : still illegal in China
- War began
1854
Fight on the ground/in the sea
Leading negociations
get the upper hand over a whole Empire
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