CHINA

1. CHINA By Marcus Butler Travis Burns Anthony Perez Craig Powell

2. china is located close to the center of Asia.

3. How the British used them before us involvement • The economy of the American British colonies at the time of the revolution was extractive. Natural materials such as lumber, fish, rum were harvested and traded within the British empire. Manufacturing and other kinds of trade were prohibited by the Navigation Act of 1651 and subsequent legislation. North American British colonials were thus required to purchase Asian goodsthrough England rather than engaging in an independent Asian trade. One of the contributing causes of colonial unrest was the exclusion of Americans from what was seen in the colonies as a very lucrative China trade.

4. Reason for U.S. involvement The demand for Chinese products—tea, porcelain, silk, and nankeen continued after the Revolution. Having seen the British make great profits from the trade when the colonies were prevented from direct trade with China, Americans were eager to secure these profits for themselves. The need to provide employment for people who had depended on the sea for their livelihood, the need to continue importing manufactured goods as yet unavailable from American sources, and the need to generate capital for development stimulated the development of a new kind of foreign trade. Direct trade with China was part of this trade. With the volume of foreign trade relatively small during the early years of the Republic, trade with China played a significant role.

5. What the us gained • Tea was the most important imported commodity Americans obtained from China through the end of the 19th century. Initially, American imports from China largely consisted of cloth as well as tea. Tea became the dominant commodity, expanding from approximately 36% of the total imports from China in 1822 to 65% in 1860. • By the 1830’s, trade routes were well established between the United States and China, and the names of ports in the Eastern hemisphere, once exotic and mysterious, were becoming increasingly familiar to Americans as places of importance to the United States’ economy.

6. China And U.S. Relationship • The relationship between China and America is very complex. • Tensions are stable.

7. China and the U.S. are not enemies but they also are not friends. • China and the U.S. are MAJOR trade partners.

8. Intervention With China • The United States did the right thing at the time, but it eventually led to a lot of debt with China.

9. Benefits Or Consequences? • The benefit that The Unites States got out of the intervention is a lot of trading with china. • A consequence that The United States has to deal with is debt.