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Period: Jan 1, 1400 to
Chinese History (1400-1915)
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Mar 6, 1405
Zheng He
Zheng He was ordered by the Ming emperor to ship out to the Indian power with very large ships and many men to prove their power. -
Mar 6, 1415
Grand Canal
The Grand Canal started in Beijing and passed through places like Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the city of Hangzhou. The Grand Canal is what connected the Yellow River and Yangtze River. -
Mar 6, 1421
Beijing, capital of China
Beijing, the capital of China, was moved because the Ming Dynasty wanted to avoid being invaded by nomads. -
Mar 6, 1582
Japan
Japan attacked the Ming Dynasty in 1582. This attack was one of the factors as to how the Ming Dynasty grew more and more weak. -
Decline of the Ming Dynasty
The Ming Dynasty began to grow very weak because of all of the wars that were occuring. Their military grew weaker. -
Ming Dynasty
The Ming emperor invited the Manchus (Qing warriors) into their dynasty to help stop a peasant rebellion. -
Beginning of the Qing Dynasty
As the Ming Dynasty invited the Manchus into China, the Manchus overthrew the Ming emperor. The Ming Dynasty did not have a strong military to fight back with, so the Manchus took over, beginning the Qing Dynasty. -
Qing Culture
The Qing Dynasty still followed China's ways. It was still a patriarchal society, elders were to be respected, etc. -
Christianity
The Qing Dynasty forbid Christians into their dynasty. The Qing emperor seen Christians as weak, and they did not want that in their dynasty. -
Opium Trade
Britain exported opium from India, where opium grew. Britain began to sell the opium to China, which they bought luxuries from China. -
Introducing Opium
The Chinese became very addicted to a drug, Opium, that was givern to them by the East Indian Company. The whole purpose of opium was to be used for medicinal use. -
Opium War
The Opium war was between Britain and China. Britain wanted to continue selling China opium in order to make them more vuknerable to attack. China demanded Britain to stop selling them opium, and so the war began. -
Opium War Effect
The Opium War led to the Taiping Rebellion and the Boxer Rebellion. -
Hong Kong
The British took Hong Kong has their own. They had a lot of power, so they were able to make it their colony. -
Taiping Rebellion
The Taiping Rebellion was led by a prophet, Hong Xuiquan. This rebellion was very strong against the Qing Dynasty. -
2nd Opium War
The Opium war still continued between China and Britain although the Chinese was asking for peace. -
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxers were the Chinese. They wanted to get rid of the Japaese and Europeans. Their rebellion was not successful and it cost them. -
Civil Service Exams
The Civil Service Exams came to an end because people were cheating and bribing others to take the exam for them. Higher classes believed their children did not have to take the exam because they were born into a higher class. -
Qing Emperor
The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty was Xuanton. he was a very powerful ruler until 1912. -
Fall of the Qing Dynasty
Once Xuantong was gone, the new governenment became corrupt and the militay was weak. Hidden societies that were underground defeated the Qing Dynasty in 1911.
