AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
AMERICAN IMPERIALISM
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spread of communism to China and Korea
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growing concerns about the influence of the West in China
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alliance formed between Vietnam and China
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increasing expansion of civil and political rights in China
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Detailed explanation-1: -The First Opium War (1839-1842) was fought between Britain and China, triggered by British outcry against China’s confiscation of British opium. China was aware not only of the damaging effects of opium on its people, but also of the drain on its silver reserves, and tried to ban it.
Detailed explanation-2: -What caused the Opium Wars? The first Opium War was the result of China’s attempt to suppress the illegal opium trade, which had led to widespread addiction in China and was causing serious social and economic disruption there. British traders were the primary source of the drug in China.
Detailed explanation-3: -Brown Military Collection, Brown University Library The first Opium War ended on August 29, 1842, with the Treaty of Nanjing. China paid the British an indemnity of $21 million, ceded the territory of Hong Kong, and agreed to establish a “fair and reasonable” tariff.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First Opium War (Chinese: ; pinyin: Dìyīcì Yāpiàn Zhànzhēng), also known as the Opium War or the Anglo-Sino War was a series of military engagements fought between Britain and the Qing dynasty of China between 1839 and 1842.