History Assignment 2 - Describe the events of the Opium Wars

History Assignment 2

Read Chapter 1, War, pp. 1–20:

Meyer-Fong, T. (2003). What Remains Coming to Terms with Civil War in 19th Century China. Stanford University Press.

Columbia University. China and the West:

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/kpct/kp_imperialism.htm

Read the information in the background material, look for more information, and then write a 3- to 5-page paper answering the following statements:

Describe the events of the Opium Wars and Taiping Rebellion.

Describe conditions in China that precipitated the wars and their outcome.

Describe the purpose of the paper and conclusion.

Provide a quality argument; that is, use good sentence structure, and avoid run-on sentences and spelling and grammar errors.

Provide citations to support your argument and references on a separate page. Please use APA format to provide citations and references.

Answer all the questions in an essay format instead of point format. Please do not type questions in the paper.

Double space the paper.