The Open Door Policy was a United States foreign policy proposed in 1899-1900 that called for equal commercial access to China for all foreign countries. At the time, only major powers like Britain received special trade privileges in China. The Open Door Policy asked all foreign powers to respect China's territorial integrity while granting equal commercial terms. Most major European powers accepted the policy, though China itself did not. The United States worked to uphold the Open Door Policy during conflicts such as the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 and it was reaffirmed in 1922, though China began asserting more independence in the 1920s-1930s which increased tensions with Japan and led to war.

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3.  Was an American foreign policy in the early 20th
century that was proposed by the U.S. Secretary of
State, Henry Clay in 1899 and 1900’s.
 What is the main purpose of the Open Door Policy?
 The Open Door Policy called for equal foreign commercial
access to China. The reason being that at the time only
certain countries (major powers) were getting special
privileges and getting their hands on all the commercial
products of China.
 In other words, asking foreign powers to agree to have
commercial access to China on equal terms, and at the same
time respect China’s territorial integrity.

4. 1. Equality of Commercial opportunity
2. Territorial Integrity
3. Administrative Integrity

5.  Britain that controlled 80% of China accepted this
proposal.
 Germany
 Russia
 Japan
 France
 Italy
Everyone was informed and accepted this policy except
for China itself.

7.  During the Boxers Rebellion in 1900 the international
powers sent armies to Beijing, while Hay ensured that
the Policy would adhere as well.
 In the 1920’s is when China regains some powers and
hold on until the 1930’s when they decided to
overthrow the policy and occupied Manchuria (1931)
and costal China (1937). Which lead into conflicts with
Japan and the U.S. causing war between them in 1941.
 The Policy was later reaffirmed by the Nine Power
Treaty in 1922.

8.  The boxers were the Chinese's army and when they broke
out in the 1900’s with the cry “Kill Foreign Devils” they
killed more than two hundred foreigners and thousands of
Chinese Christians that sided with these foreigners. This
even is known as the boxer rebellion.
 The only way to quell this rebellion was by sending
eighteen thousand soldiers from the places surrounding
such as several thousands American troops coming from
the Philippines to make sure the Policy was still propped
open.