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Standard Addressed: 10.4.3

Standard Addressed: 10.4.3. Colonizer v. colonized perspective. Map of products Imperialist nations wanted. . How did they get them?. Tea in the late 18th Century. British & European tea and sugar consumption rises exponentially

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Standard Addressed: 10.4.3

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  1. Standard Addressed: 10.4.3 Colonizer v. colonized perspective

  2. Map of products Imperialist nations wanted. How did they get them?

  3. Tea in the late 18th Century • British & European tea and sugar consumption rises exponentially • Peak of Caribbean sugar cane production and the Atlantic slave trade • Tea duties slashed in 1784 • Tea (and sugar) become a staple of working-class diet • By 1800 tea is the largest export item from Asia to Europe and British EIC controls 80% of the trade

  4. Chinese Tea Carriers

  5. British Tea Craze prior to 1750 • The greatest expansion of European tea drinking was in Britain, tied to • Rising luxury & middle class consumerism • Fascination with chinoiserie • British leadership in plantation sugar production • British East India Company was leading importer of Chinese tea and porcelain (followed distantly by the Dutch EIC) • British EIC gain trading privileges in Canton (Guangzhou) in 1716

  6. British Women enjoying tea

  7. Sugar Plantation

  8. the first European settlement in Jamaica Caribbean sugar production

  9. From Silver to Opium • Late 18th century decline in the value of silver in China • Cost of production in Americas rises • Chinese demand falls with use of paper money etc. • Sophistication of Chinese economy -- Europeans have little to offer in the absence of silver • By 1800 the vast majority of EIC Chinese tea is purchased with profits from the sale of Indian opium • Integrating EIC activities in South and East Asia • Tying opium to sugar

  10. Picture Analysis Picture #: _____ Title: ______________________________________ Circle all that apply and explain: Symbolism- Exaggeration- Labeling- Analogy- Irony- Questions: 1. ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Picture #: _____ Title: ______________________________________ Circle all that apply and explain: Symbolism- Exaggeration- Labeling- Analogy- Irony- Questions: 1. ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________

  11. Photo Picture Analysis Knowledge Summarize what you already know about the situation and time period shown, and the people and objects that appear. Observation Describe exactly what you see in the photo: What people and objects are shown? What is the physical setting? What other details can you see? Interpretation Say what you conclude from what you see. What's going on in the picture? Who are the people & what are they doing? What can we conclude about the time period?

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