The opening up of Shanghai to trade, 1842

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What was the Treaty of Nanking?
unequal treaty due to British naval strength
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What were the rules of the Treaty of Nanking?
pay £65m, give up Hong Kong to Britain, open ports to foreign traders, grant british citizens legal protection
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What did the Treaty of Nanking enable?
accesa to Yangtze, opened interior of china as a gateway to unacessible territory, tradde with anyone rather than the Hong Kong monopoly?
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What did the East India Company think in 1832?
Shanghai was a promising trading centre
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Where was Shanghai situated
mouth of Yangtze
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What type of city was it?
International city
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Why was it self governing?
chinese were unable to resist foreign power demands meaning other countries established settlements
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How did the Shanghai Municipal Council govern the city?
as a development of colonial city unanswerable to the government or imperial power
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