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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
History of China 1400 - 1915
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Mar 6, 1405
1405-1433 Zheng He Voyages
From 1405-1433, Zheng He led expiditions across the Indian Ocean. After he died, a new emperor came into power. The new emperoer recalled the expiditions and the voyages ended. -
Manchu Nomads end the Ming dynasty
In 1644, the Ming dynasty ask the Manchu nomads to help stop revolts. A Ming government official allowed the Machu nomads beyong the Great Wall. The Manchu nomads were led by Nurhaci who untied the Manchu tribes. The Mnachu nomads later take control of China. -
CIvil service exams
The Manchus revived the civil service exams. The ezams were used for getting a government job. -
Cheating for the exams
During the 18th century, the Qin Dynasty was in decline. There was cheating in the civil service exames. Bribes were used to get government positions. This meant the people in power are not capable of doing a good job. -
Opium in China
Opium was introduced by British merchants in 1773. Opium was banned in Britian, but the British traded Opium with CHina. Opium became addictive to the Chinese and created inactive people. -
Silver Trade
The Qin would trade silk and tea for silver to use as currency. The European powers like britian knew his and wanted to dominate trade around China. The European powers wanted to make money off of trading silver to CHina. -
1838 Opium is banned in CHina
The Manchu emperor bans Opium in China. Anyone who was caught with Opium was killed. This was an effort to stop the weakness of inactive people. -
Fisrt Opium War
From 1839-1842, Britain and CHina fought over Opium trade. China was defeated by Britains superior military technology. CHina was later forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing, which allowed Britian increased trade in China. -
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Floods 1850s to 1860s
By the 1850s, neglected dikes broke and flooded the area near it. By the 1860s, the river flowed north of the penisula. Floods caused peasents to lose land and cattle, which caused the easents to die from famne and disease. -
Taiping Rebellion
Hon Xiuguan led the rebellion in 1850. The rebellion was for unfairtreatment and wanted new thinkers in power. He led successful attacks and controlled parts of southern CHina. -
Second Opium War
Because the Qing Dynasty was losing control of its empire due to European power, the dynasty launched a second war. But the Qing dynasty lost again. They did not have a strong army to be able to withstand the British.
The Qing Dynasty lanched a second war to regain control lost to the Europeans. The Qing dynasty lost again. The Qing dynasty did not have the military power to defeat the Europeans. -
Government cannot stop the bandits
The floods caused peasents to move to other places. Banditry increased and became a major problem in China. The government was unable to stop banditry in the districts. -
Korea is free
In 1876, Korea rebel against the Qin Dynasty. China is too weak to continue controling Korea. Korea become free from the Chinese. -
War with Japan
Japan fought China for control of Taiwan. Japan also fought to get trading rights in Taiwan. -
Boxer Rebellion
The BOxer ebellion was to expell foreigners from CHina. It was put down in 1901. This caused European powers to tighten there control over CHina. -
Self STrengthening Movement
The Self Strengthening Movement was in the late 19th century.
The movement encouraged railways abd factories. The Qin modernized their military. -
End of Qin Dynasty 1911
The Qin dynasty fell in 1911. The cause was rebellions over western reliance. When the government could not put an end to the rebellions, the Manchus were overthrown.
