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What happened as a result of the opium war between china and Berlin?
berin won and took over hong kong
Britain annexed Hong Kong as a result of which war?
Opium War
What war brought about England in Hong Kong?
Hong Kong was officially ceded to Britain in the Treaty of Nanking after the First Opium War.
What did the british gain from the opium war with china?
Hong Kong
What island did the British receive because of the Opium War?
Hong Kong, was ceded to Britain for 155 years because they won the first Opium war.
What Chinese City did Great Britain control after winning the first opium war?
Hong Kong.
Who colonized Hong Kong and Singapore?
The British colonised Hong Kong in 1897 after a treaty has been signed with the Chinese after the Opium War that Hong Kong is to be a colony for 100 years and is to be given back to China in 1997.
When did England get Hong Kong?
The British were importing Opium to China, and the Chinese Emperor made it illegal but it was too profitable so the British merchants ignored the law. In 1839 China seized Opium sales and the Superintendant of Trade, a British citizen. The Empire retaliated and the First Opium War began. By 1841 the British had set up on the island of Hong Kong, which at the time was only a small fishing settlement. When the war ended in 1842 the Treaty of Nanking was signed and Britain took possession of the Island.
What did the treaty of Nanjing?
The Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 ended the First Opium War and gained the island of Hong Kong for the British.
What port city was leased to the british from the Chinese?
The port city that was leased to the British from the Chinese was Hong Kong. In 1841, after the First Opium War, China ceded Hong Kong Island to the British. The lease was expanded in 1860, adding the Kowloon Peninsula and in 1898, the New Territories, until it was returned to China in 1997.
When was the Battle of Hong Kong?
The Battle of Hong Kong took place during the Pacific campaign of World War II. It began on December 8 1941 and ended on Christmas Day with Hong Kong, then a British colony, surrendering to the control of Imperial Japan.
The treaty of Nanking gave Hong Kong to?
Cantonese The Treaty of Nanking is the agreement which marked the end of the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China resulting in the creation of the crown colony of Hong Kong, which remained under British control until 1997
