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the negative trade balance between Britain and China
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Which country smuggled opium into China and initiated the Opium Wars?
British merchants had the habit of smuggling opium into China. The Chinese government was opposed to this, so blocked British shipping from entering Chinese ports. The British Foreign Secretary, Lord Palmerston (who was called 'the irreducible minimum of government, the cement of British politics') took offence to this and declared war on the Chinese.
Who won the Opium Wars?
Britain
Under which Chinese dynasty were the Opium wars fought?
The Qing Dynasty.
Did the british empire fight wars to gain colonies?
To retain the 13 colonies on the Eastern coast of what is now the USA. the British had a war with the Colonies. With the help of the French navy, The British gave up trying to retain them. In other situations, I use the term "battle". The British conducted a battle/war with the Chinese people in SE Asia, which at the time a native Chinese population, called the Opium Wars.
What were China's reason for rejecting British offers for trade?
opium
What was not a motive the British in the opium wars?
The trade policies of Britain.
Was a motive of the British in the Opium Wars?
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
What was a motive of the British in the Opium wars?
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
What was not a motive of the British in the opium was?
The trade policies of Britain.
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.
What motive of the british in the opium wars?
Trade. Export of opium to China (grown in British India) had been a very profitable business for the British. When the Chinese Government tried to put a stop to it, Britain started the war to force China to re-open its market for this British export product.
Where did the British get their opium before and during the opium wars?
they got it from India then manufactured the opium
What was not a motivation of the British in the opium wars?
The trade policies of Britain.
The British traded opium from where for Chinese-manufactured goods and tea?
If you're referrring to the opium wars between China and Britain, the British bought opium from growers in India (which was under British control at the time).
As a result of the opium wars british merchants gained access to?
great Britain gained what? as a result of the opium war was?
Who won the Opium War the Chinese or the British?
The British won the first and second Opium War.
