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China and Britain on good terms
trade was limited but both countries had no problem trading with one another -
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Opium war
Chinese try to stop Britain from sending them Opium, they go to war and Britain comes out on top. Britain claims China -
Extraterritorial rights are given
U.S and other European nations win rights to trade in 5 Chinese ports. -
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Taiping Rebellion
the Chinese began to revolt against their government that was too weak and corrupt to solve their issues of starvation and overpopulation. -
Spheres of influence
after the Taiping rebellion, others countries won spheres of influence in China which made China weaker. the U.S opposed this -
Guangxu reforms
Emperor Guangxu attempts to put reforms in place to try and modernize China -
Open Door Policy
Initiated by the U.S, later agreed to by the Europeans. It didn't help China but it allowed all nations equal opportunities the trade in China -
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Boxer Rebellion
Chinese peasants try to rid of all western influence -
Multinational army drives out boxers
an army containing soldiers from Japan, Russian, Britain, the U.S, France, Austria-Hungary, and Italy drive out the Chines Peasant "Boxers" -
Constitutional Monarchy
Qing Dynasty issued the constitutional 19 creeds the limited the emperors powers and made the beginning of the change to a Constitutional monarchy