We have spent the week analyzing the Opium Wars in China. We started the week by discussing the timeline of the Opium Wars from its lead up to completion. The handout with the students justified timeline should be added to your notes for later use. We continued on to analyze the main points of the Treaty of Nanking as well as annotated and underlined key information. We will use the previous two assignments to create a two paragraph explanation of why the Treaty of Nanking is called a “unequal treaty.” The rubric has been handed out to students in class on Wednesday 4-1-15. We will work on our paragraphs in class on Thursday.

Below is a copy of the Treaty of Nanking.

https://afe.easia.columbia.edu/ps/china/nanjing.pdf