HIS385H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Convention Of Peking, Second Opium War, Qing Dynasty
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British east india company- established in 1600 this company has monopolistic control. It is free for other countries to use hong kong as a base port open to everyone to increase the trade in hong kong no import/ export. Hong kong is a free port which thrives on free trade. Help to join the police force in order to run the society well. Sojourner society- there is no actual communities being set up in hong kong people from china still consider china as their home, not hk. They find economic opportunities in hk, and send the money back to their home in china. (1801-1875) He was a british naval officer, diplomat, and colonial administrator. He became the first administrator of hong kong in 1841, and he was a key founder in the establishment of hong kong as a british colony. over the trades in asia, includes china.
