McLean's Essay:  Trade, Transportation, and Human Rights in the 1800s How many people were addicted to opium in China in the 19th Century? How many hours of work did it take to turn a five month journey into a five day trip? How many slaves were traded in the 400 years of slave trade? It took a million addicts to get open walls, 30,660 to turn five months into five days of travel, and more than twelve million slaves before freedom. Trade, transportation, and human rights were all significant themes in the 1800's around the world.   Most countries like to trade like the British, but others hated the idea. China was one of these countries. The Chinese officials hated trading for one main reason, and that was control. The Chinese didn't want any western ideas to reach their people because they thought if their people heard about freedom, their people would fight to get it. The Chinese only allowed one port, and the people on the ships weren't allowed to get off the...

 How did trade, religion, and transportation change the world in the 19th Century? 5 Paragraph Essay Mini Lesson/Final Exam Main themes of Chapters 1-10 human rights war--Indian War, Crimean, War to form Italy, Taiping vs. Qing in China, American Civil, War of the Pacific Region, The War of Triple Alliance trade--wanting to trade, ports, forcing opium trade through war transportation--new ways to make transportation easier--Suez canal--trains --leading to time zones human rights--slavery, Italy's war against Austria 1848 for their own country--Germany being founded on fear Intro Paragraph-- Trade--Slave trade and rights of the African people, David Livingstone exploring Africa for a way to increase other African trades besides slavery, Opium trade affecting the lives and livelihood of Chinese, British fighting to be able to continue opium trade, tobacco and cotton trade influencing the south to continue buying and keeping slaves, Fight over Atacama desert in South America because o...