COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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allow the Chinese to sell opium back to the British
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stop British merchants from selling opium to the Chinese
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increase the supply of opium brought to China
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end trade between Britain and China
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lin Zexu (LinTse-hsu) writing to Britain’s Queen Victoria to Protest the Opium Trade, 1839. Lin Tse-hsu saw that the opium trade, which gave Europe such huge profits, undermined his country. He asked Queen Victoria to put a stop to the trade.
Detailed explanation-2: -Apparently Commissioner Lin sent a letter to the young Queen Victoria exhorting her to acknowledge the laws of China that prohibited the importation and sale of opium, and warning that Chinese officials would order the seizure and immolation of any ships found engaged in the trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following best explains the purpose of Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria? A demand for the British to stop importing opium into China. Rebellions in China, such as the Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Uprising, were a response to what?
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1868 and 1870, Baha’u’llah wrote letters (’Tablets’) to the monarchs and rulers of the world, among them Queen Victoria, announcing his mission as the founder of the Baha’i Faith. He called on them to turn to peace and reduce their armaments, thus relieving the burden of taxes imposed on their subjects.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lin Zexu was sent to Canton, the chief trading port of the East India Company, with instructions to negotiate an end to the importation of opium into China. The English merchants were uncooperative, so he seized their stores of opium. This led to immediate military action.