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Opium War
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A conflict between Britain and China lasting from 1839 to 1842, over Britiain's Opium trade in China
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Treaty of Nanjing
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Peace Treaty signed in 1842 to end Opium War. The Chinese suffered a humiliating defeat. The treaty gave the island of Hong Kong to the British
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Extraterritorialty
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an exemption of foreign residents from the laws of a country.These rights provides exemption of Chinese law at four Chinese ports besides Guangzhou.
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Taiping Rebellion
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Chinese largest rebellion led by HONG Xiuquan. He dreamed that all Chinese people would share in China's vast wealth and no on would live in poverty. The army, made up mostly of peasants captured the city of Nanjing and made it their capital
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