HIS 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Taku Forts, Hong Xiuquan, Second Opium War
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Week 8 lecture 1 notes (cid:862)arrow(cid:863) war 1858-1860: over(smuggling?) ship captained and crewed by chinese but flying british flag, battle at dagu fort, tianjin, sacking of summer palace. Treaty of tianjin, 1860: 10 new ports, diplomatic residence in peking, right of foreign travel in interior, freedom of faith and movement for missionaries, right to buy land, sets inland duties 2-5, kowloon lease. An island of hongkong, get the main land. Effects of opium wars: undermines sovereignty, creates huge financial burden. Extraterritoriality: undermines qing legitimacy, contributes to taiping rebellion. Declares himself younger brother of jesus christ. He wants to teach people about christianity, And because of that he loses a few jobs. The confucianism is bad: all men are brothers (no hierarchy) All men should be equal: assets should be shared. There is no poor and rich, everyone should have the same amount. Growth of taipings: taiping movement expands, 1844-1850, by 1850, has 20,000 worshippers in guangxi begins military organization.
