Question

One result of the Treaty of Nanjing was the

1. establishment of a British sphere of influence in China
2. creation of parliamentary democracy in China modeled on Great Britain
3. granting of Chinese citizenship to the British living in China
4. formation of a Chinese protectorate in Great Britain

Answer 1

One result of the Treaty of Nanjing was:

1. Establishment of a British sphere of influence in China.

The Treaty of Nanjing (1842) ended the Opium War giving unfair colonial advantage to the British over China.

Answer 2

The correct option is 1.

The treaty Nanjing also know in china as ' the unequal treaty', was signed in 1842 and stipulated the end of the First Opium War. With it, China ceded the island of Hong Kong to the United Kingdom and accpeted the opening of its ports to internacional trade. In addition, to recognizing the right to trade freely in five chinese ports. Attached to this treaty, the Humen Treaty was also signed, by wich Great Britain obtaned permission to rent and buy land in Canton, as well as build their own buildings there.

The Qing Dynasty was forced to pay $21 million in compensation for the war and opium expenses burned in 1839 by Lin Hse Tsuy.

China was to release British prisioners of war and grant amnesty to the chinese who would help the English Goverment.