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True or false The British ended the opium trade to China in 1836?
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∙ 13y ago
Yes. In 1729, the Chinese imperial government, alarmed at its debilitating effect, prohibited the sale of opium mixed with tobacco and banned opium-smoking houses. Selling opium for smoking "was classed with robbery and instigation to murder, and punished with banishment or death," wrote Joshua Rowntree in "The Imperial Drug Trade," published in London in 1905. But this didn't stop Britain, which had gradually been taking over the opium trade from its European capitalist rivals, Portugal and Holland. Much of the opium at this time was grown and manufactured in British India. Capt. Hamilton, a private British adventurer who spent 40 years in India in the first part of the 18th century, described the city of Patna there as "frequented by Europeans, where the English and Dutch have factories. It produces so much opium that it serves all the countries in India with that commodity."
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
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∙ 12y agoThe Opium Wars, also known as the Anglo-Chinese Wars were the product of disputes over trade between China (Qing Dynasty) and the British Empire.
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∙ 13y agoFalse
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Did British end the opium trade to China in 1836?
false
What two countries fought in the Opium Wars?
First Opium War
Why were the British eager to end the ban on opium in China?
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
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.
Which best explains why the British were eager to end the ban on opium in China?
The British wanted to trade opium for China's resources.
What led to conflict between Great Britain and China in the mid-19th century?
Great Britain would not stop its merchants from selling opium in China.
The British were defeated by the Chinese in the Opium War?
False
What did the british gain from the opium war with china?
Hong Kong
Why the British were eager to end the ban of opium in china?
The opium trade was extremely profitable for the British, and thus they wished to end the ban of opium in order to resume the opium trade and make profits.
What were China's reason for rejecting British offers for trade?
opium
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).
What was the opium rebellion?
The Chinese government became upset with the British government importing opium into China, around 1840.
