In china, the treaty of nanjing is called the first of the "unequal treaties." is the term "unequal treaty" justified by the content and wording of the treaty?

The treaty of Nanjing was signed on 29 August 1842 and it ended the first opium war. China was extremely sure about them winning this war against the British and did not want to surrender. After the British won one battle after the other China had to sign a peace or face terrible consequences. This forced them to accept anything that the British wanted and had to pay huge war reparations, give some territories to the births, give a lot more power to the British merchants and so on. From this China gained nothing and was humiliated. This is why it is called an unequal treaty.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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