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The Manchu named their dynasty Qing because Qing means pure. They established their captial.
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This was the Early Qing dynasty.
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The Manchu stabilized and were peaceful for a whole century starting here.
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The population was between 100 million and 150 million in the Manchu ruling area.
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Kang Xi ruled for the longest of any emporeor.
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They did not control the southern parts of the country until this date.
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Kang Xi's grandson Qian Long ruled in this length of time.
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The Emperor made a law that trade in the West would only be accepted at the port of Guangzhou.
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The British get into the Chinese court room even though the emperor is very excluding of outside countries. They bring presents to show what the Chinese could have if only the Emperor let them trade with each other.
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Qian Long retired three years before he died because he did not want to out length his grandfather's reign.
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By now the population is about three hundred million.
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This is the Late Qing dynasty ruling period.
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The emperor sent comissioner Lin Zexu to stop trading of drugs in the Guang Zhou port.
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The British and Chinese were at war over the drug trading. The war ended in 1842 with a Chinese loss.
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Rebellions caused a great war that lasted fourteen years.
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The Chinese have another war over the same matter and this also ends in defeat for them.
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Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan tried to settle areas that they had trading rights in. The areas they now controlled are called the Spheres of Influence.
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China goes into war with Japan over Korea and Japan wins.
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The emperor tried to install programs like education, government, agriculture and military.
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John Hay proposed a policy that would free China and let them trade how ever they want to.
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The population has grown to over four hundred million in this dynasty.
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Revolution broke out and the next year the Emporor gave up the throne.