COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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The British had superior weapons and boats.
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The Qing Dynasty was in a weakenned state from the Taiping rebellions.
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The Qing Dynasty underestimated the British.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -They also ceded to the British the southern portion of the Kowloon Peninsula adjacent to Hong Kong. The Opium Wars opened China to Western trade and influence but greatly reduced the Qing dynasty’s power and prestige. The dynasty would last only about another 50 years until it was overthrown in 1911/12.
Detailed explanation-2: -Britain wanted to expand its imperial power and sell more goods, especially the opium whose import the Chinese tried to ban, while the British sold or smuggled in anyway. In other words, it was a case of commercial and imperialist British greed trying to force opium on the Chinese.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The terms of its defeat were a bitter pill to swallow: China had to cede the territory of Hong Kong to British control, open treaty ports to trade with foreigners, and grant special rights to foreigners operating within the treaty ports.