Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

Everything started when England wanted China to take Opium. The Chinese were very angry because it was a drug and people became addicts. The Chinese didn't wanted to trade with no other countries because they had everything they needed. The Opium was used for medical reasons but the problem was that many Chinese were using it as a drug and they were becoming really addicted to it. The Chinese Government forbid the Opium trade. Then the British people wanted to trade Opium. Captain Charles Elliot put pressure to the Chinese Government to legalize the opium trade. China was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing. The British territory Hong Kong until 1997, but now its China territories.

Film lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In 1854 the explorers were sent from England by the Royal Geographic society. They went to find where the Nile River began. In Africa they faced many hardships. For example, bugs and mosquitoes which carried certain disease such as malaria and yellow fever and it killed many Europeans (Explorers). On the nights while they were sleeping the mosquitoes used to go into their ears. Some other guy would come with hot water and pour it on his ear so that way the mosquitoes would die and the victim was screaming when they poured the hot water. They also found a group of people that used to torture them. They used to stab them and used to cause them a lot of harm. They escaped from them and at the end they found the Nile River. They were happy and took showers.

Imperialism Project

Why did we do the Imperialism Project? Explain what you learned and remembered from the project. Be specific and use detail in your answer.



We did the Imperialism Project because that was one of the assigments that were due. Also we did it because we had to learn something from it. I learned about new countries and what goods they used to have. For example some countries had gold, silver, tea, and in the new world there were slaves. I also remember that I colored in some countries.