Consequences of the First opium War

The Treaty of Nanking 29th August 1842
1. China to cede Hong Kong to British on 99 year lease
2. Opening of 5 Treaty ports to British trade
  1. Shanghai
  2. Canton (Guangzhou)
  3. Ningpo
  4. Fuchow (Fuzhou)
  5. Amoy (Xiamen)
3. Indemnity $21 million
Treaty of the Bogue
1. Signed with the British in 1843
  1. Gave them most favoured nation status
July 1844 Treaty of Wanghia
1. Gave the US most favoured nation status
Treaty of Whampoa
1. Gave France most Favoured nation status
Most favoured nation status
1. Guaranteed trade equality
2. Provided a basis to further loss of economic autonomy
3. Leads to extraterritoriality
  1. Exception from local laws, and the free movement of missionaries
Subsequent Foreign Domination on China
1. 1st Sino Japanese War- 1894-95
  1. Humiliation as Japanese seen as inferior
2. Scramble for concessions
Reparations- 21 million silver dollars
China forced to recognise the superiority of the West- Isolationist way of life no longer possible
Chinese people impressed by power of the west
1. Leads to desire to modernise
  1. 100 years reforms
Christian missionarys allowed into China
1. Taiping rebellion
  1. 20 million chinese dead
  2. Weakens the Qing

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	Created by Tom Laws almost 6 years ago