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1523 BCE
Chinese Dynasties
A Dynasty is a series of rulers from the same family. The Chinese Dynasties begin with the Shang Dynasty. His family continued to rule decades after him, until the Chou Dynasty formed. The dynasties remained like this for centuries and centuries. Some of them, like the Chou and the Ming dynasty remained for centuries, while others, like the Chin and Sui dynasty ended after a few decades. -
Opium War II
The second Opium War was called the Arrow War. It was when European powers and the United States tried to renegotiate the commercial treaties with China. But the government refused these requests so a war broke out. -
Opium War I
the Opium War started when the British were illegally exporting Opium from India to China, Pearl River. The Opium War arose From China's attempt to hide the Opium trade. The Opium was becoming to addictive, and in March 1839 the Opium was destroyed and that is how the Opium War started. -
The British Attack and Invade HK
The Hong Kong Harbour had been blocked but the British invaders responded by firing their cannons at the ships that blocked the harbour, and sent their troops into the country against the Da Guo Emperor, and when negotiations about owning HK failed thet attacked the country -
Chinese Countries Britain Takes Over
After a year of War to get Britain to go away, HK paid a large sum of money, surrendered control of HK and allowed access to other ports including: Shanghai, Nanjing, Canton, Amoy, Ningho and Fuzhou -
Spreading Religion
Christianity has been in HK since 1841 when the British empire had spread the Christian religion to HK -
How the Chinese Gave Away HK Island
When they were having the I Opium War, China decided they had to stop fighting so they told the British that they would give them HK Island if they stopped having a War. The British thought that was unfair because HK island was not a really nice place at that time. But they still agreed but they still wanted more. So when the II Opium War broke out, the Chinese ceded the Kowloon Peninsula. -
Japanese Occupation
The Japanese Occupation began when Sir Mark Young, the Governor of HK surrendered the British Crown Colony to the Japanese. The surrender took place after 18 days of fierce fighting against the strong Japanese forces that had invaded the territory. The Japanese occupied HK for 3 years and 8 months until they surrendered at the end of the second WW. -
The Handover
In 1997 The British handed HK back to China after more than a hundred and fifty years. -
Beijing Olympics
In 2008 Summer Olympic Games are known as the games of the XXIX Olympiad. It was a multi sport event and took place in Beijing -
The Umbrella Movement
The Umbrella movement is a group of democracy protesters in HK. The movement got It's name from the umbrellas the protesters had. -
The loss of money
If you lost a war you would have to pay a large amount of money to the opposite team. The German's lost the most wars so they had to pay the other countries
