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Class notes HISTORY 262 (HIST262)
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- HISTORY 262 (HIST262)
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- University Of Tennessee - Knoxville
Lecture notes of 4 pages for the course HISTORY 262 at University Of Tennessee - Knoxville (Alternative Visions)
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Reactions to changes- Late 18th c. and early 19th c.
- Imperial expansion
- New nation states
- Alternatives to the emerging 19th. Order varied considerably
- Revitalization of traditional religions
- Strengthening of village and communal bonds
- No private property and equal shared ownership of goods
- Local traditions
British India
- Europe's most profitable colonial possession in Asia
- British East India Company (EIC) increasingly dominated India
- Chartered by the British Crown since 1600
- Control over India’s imports and exports
- 1757: British conquest of Bengal—- granted the right to collect taxes and trade
free of duties
Macartney Mission, 1793-94
- The Canon system— thongs
- 1st actual embassy from Britain
- Goals: announced (to Qianlong Emperor), diplomatic, and instructions
- The role of EIC— Henry Dundas (1742-1811)
Mission Chronology
- May 25, 1792: Macartney invested by King
- “Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the king of Great Britain to
the emperor of China”
- Sept 26- left England
- Jun 1793- arrived in South China and then proceeded to Tianjin
- Jul-Aug- in Tianjin, then Beijing. But the Qianlong emperor in Rehol (Manchuria)
- Sept 8- arrived in Rehol
First opium war, 1839-42
- Opium
- English tea consumption: from 2.6 mill. Lbs. (1760) to 23.3 mills. (1800) – lack of
silver
- EIC: opium used to deal with trade imbalance
- Qing: debate over opium policy
- Aggressive suppression
- Britain: divided opinion
- A narrow vote of 271–262
- British superior military technology
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