WRITE: Complete reflection questions based on our work today. Write a paragraph for each question below, including a quote from a primary document to support your answer to each question:
1- What was the impact that these Open Door Notes had on American foreign policy?
The Open Door Notes had a very large impact on American foreign policy. Prior to the Spanish-American War and American acquisition of the Philippians, the United States did not have colonies, a sphere of influence or serious involvement in Eastern Asia. However, in 1899 with John Hay’s Open Door Notes, the U.S. began to participate more actively in East Asian trade and politics. In his Open Door Notes, John Hay writes that no country may “interfere with any treaty port or …show more content…
invested in Chinese/Asian markets. After the notes were released, there was great variation in the reactions of different countries and groups of people. While certain countries such as Britain accepted the notes, they were a source of resentment for Chinese government because of the decisions Hay made in regards to China without its consent. The notes also sparked the Boxer Rebellion, which McKinley said in his Annual Address to Congress in 1900 “No foreigner’s life, outside of the protected treaty ports, was safe…The increasing gravity of the conditions in China and the imminence of peril to our own diversified interests in the Empire”. The large amount of foreign presence and control in China spurred the ‘Boxers’ to murder hundreds of foreigners and necessitate the U.S. to invest capital and military force in quelling the rebellion. Overall, the primary intent of the Open Notes was to improve American trading in Asia and the economic return from the U.S.’s policies and investments was so little that the notes weren’t
1- What was the impact that these Open Door Notes had on American foreign policy?
The Open Door Notes had a very large impact on American foreign policy. Prior to the Spanish-American War and American acquisition of the Philippians, the United States did not have colonies, a sphere of influence or serious involvement in Eastern Asia. However, in 1899 with John Hay’s Open Door Notes, the U.S. began to participate more actively in East Asian trade and politics. In his Open Door Notes, John Hay writes that no country may “interfere with any treaty port or …show more content…
invested in Chinese/Asian markets. After the notes were released, there was great variation in the reactions of different countries and groups of people. While certain countries such as Britain accepted the notes, they were a source of resentment for Chinese government because of the decisions Hay made in regards to China without its consent. The notes also sparked the Boxer Rebellion, which McKinley said in his Annual Address to Congress in 1900 “No foreigner’s life, outside of the protected treaty ports, was safe…The increasing gravity of the conditions in China and the imminence of peril to our own diversified interests in the Empire”. The large amount of foreign presence and control in China spurred the ‘Boxers’ to murder hundreds of foreigners and necessitate the U.S. to invest capital and military force in quelling the rebellion. Overall, the primary intent of the Open Notes was to improve American trading in Asia and the economic return from the U.S.’s policies and investments was so little that the notes weren’t