Nicholas Salvemini

I. China and the West
	1. China was self sufficent, growing their own crops.
	2. China had tons of mines producing lots of money.

	 A. The Tea-Opium Connection
		1. Because of how much money China was making while doing nothing, they had no reasons to trade with other nations.
		2. Europeans did everything they could to influence China to trade with them.

	 B. War BNicholas Salvemini

I. Chine and the West
	1. China was self sufficent, growing their own crops.
	2. China had tons of mines producing lots of money.

	 A. The Tea-Opium Connection
		1. Because of how much money China was making while doing nothing, they had no reasons to trade with other nations.
		2. Europeans did everything they could to influence China to trade with them.

	 B. War Breaks Out
		1. China was mad at the British for selling them opium.
		2. Britain refused to stop trading opium and caused The Opium War.
		3. After these series of wars, China lost and several treaties were made.

II. Growing Internal Problems
	1. Chinas population was rapidly increasing while natural resource production stayed constant.

	 A. The Taiping Rebellion
		1. Hong Xiuquan rallied men to help build a "heavenly kingdom."
		2. Hong organized a massive army which took control of most of China.
		3. The Taiping government was taken down after a series of wars between the Chinese, British, and French.

III. Foreign Influence Grows
	1. The rebellious groups that formed in China put a lot pressure on the government.

	 A. Resistance to Change
		1. The next 50 years China focused on increasing the quality of life.

	 B. Other Nations Step In
		1. China had many uprising issues and other nations took advantage by attacking them.
		2. The US was worried trading would stop with China so they introduced the Open Door Policy.

IV. An Upsurge in Chinese Nationalism
	1. After being humiliated, the Chinese developed a sense of nationalism.
	2. The people in charge of reforming China were arrested in thought of them being a threat to the power of China.

	 A. The Boxer Rebellion
		1. Chinese citizens developed a secret organization to fight for better lives.
		2. The secret organization rioted many areas of China.
		3. Despite the failure of their riots, nationalism was created from this.

	 B. The Beginnings of Reform
		1. The government eventually relaized they needed to make a change and they ended up developing their society based off other societies.
		2. China still faced threats and conflict