The Eclipse of Chinese Power in the Nineteenth Century

I. Introduction: Shifting the Balance Between Europe and China

II. Qing Empire in the Early Nineteenth Century
III. The Confrontation with Britain

A. Increase in Opium Entering China

B. Qing Attempts to Control the Trade

C. The British Retaliation

1. Steamers and Artillery

2. Treaty of Nanjing (1842)

IV. Conclusion: European Success and the Example of Japan

Key Terms:

First Opium War
Canton

Lin Zexu

Nemesis
Grand Canal
Treaty of Nanjing

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