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Tea from China cause a trade in balance with Britain, so Brits got the Chinese addicted to opium with military force and guns. The Chinese government resist but was too weak to enforce her policy. The Brits won. The British set a gold standard for all the drug cartels!
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Who won the Opium War the Chinese or the British?
The British won the first and second Opium War.
How was tea connected to the opium trade and the Opium War of 1839?
British merchants carrying no opium would buy tea in Canton on credit, and would balance their debts by selling opium at auction.
What events led to the opium war?
he opium war was started by the british people selling opium to the Chinese people for their goods. The emporer of china was angry because of all of the people always on opium so he made it illegal to sell or buy opium. When Britain kept selling the opium illegaly, that's what started the war. heroin addicts.
What did Britain want to import into China during the Opium War?
The British needed Chinese goods, primarily tea, but the Chinese didn't need anything from the British. That would leave a trade deficit on the British side, so they got the Chinese nation addicted to opium (unprocessed heroin) which they produced in India. When the Chinese emperor tried to ban opium, the Chinese people rebelled against him, backed by the British, which led to Opium wars.
The Taiping Rebellion and the Opium War?
It was during the late Qing Dynasty in the 19th century. The Taipeing Revolution was caused internally while the opium war was caused externally by the British.
Who won the Opium War the Chinese or the British?
The British won the first and second Opium War.
What kind of problems did opium cause in china?
The opium war mainly began because of the British and China having an opium trade for tea. The British would get there tea if China got there opium. but the cause of the war was that china wouldn't accept opium anymore, and the british wern't okay with that.
How did opium war start?
The British
How did the opium wars affect the british?
The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history. This is because the British traders were trying to force a negative item, or a drug to be precise, into China, who refused to accept it. The reason China decided to refuse it is because the Opium is making the citizens addicts, and therefore must be stopped. The British didn't take this as a lesson, but instead declared war on China for not accepting an item that shouldn't be sold in the first place. So, this concludes that the war was declared without much consideration and thinking. Thus, I belive that The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history.
Were the British defeated by the Chinese in the Opium War?
Chinese were isolated for a long time while, British invented many weapons which let Great Britain defeat China in the Opium War.
The British were defeated by the Chinese in the Opium War?
False
What does the war in Afghanistan have to do with the Americans and British?
terrorism and opium
What two countries fought in the Opium Wars?
First Opium War
What was not a motive of the british in the opium war?
The trade policies of Britain.
What was the motive of the British in the opium war?
The trade policies of Britain.
Why did the British government encourage the opium war?
Stoned them out of their minds
As a result of the opium wars british merchants gained access to?
great Britain gained what? as a result of the opium war was?
