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To reverse the balance of trade with China British merchants sold to Chinese smugglers.?
Opium
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 did Britain bring to China's to trade for Chinese goods?
Opium
What was the first illegal drug ever made?
The trade of drugs has existed for as long as the drugs themselves have existed. However, the trade of drugs was fully legal until the introduction of drug prohibition. The history of the illegal drug trade is thus closely tied to the history of drug prohibition. In the First Opium War, the United Kingdom forced China to allow British merchants to trade in opium with the general population of China. Although illegal by imperial decree, smoking opium had become common in the 1800s due to increasing importation via British merchants. Trading in opium was (as it is today in the heroin trade) extremely lucrative. As a result of the trade an estimated two million Chinese people became addicted to the drug. The British Crown (via the treaties of Nanking and Tianjin) took vast sums of money from the Chinese government in what they referred to as 'reparations' for the wars.
What was result of the opium wars?
Britain gaind the right to trade with china
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.
What hong means?
A group of Chinese merchants allowed to trade with foreigners.
Why did the British argue that the banning of the opium trade by Chinese authorities in 1839 was wrong because it violated?
The British argued that the banning of the opium trade by Chinese authorities in 1839 was wrong because it violated the idea of freedom of commerce. They also argued that it violated the rights of Chinese citizens to do as they pleased.
The British traded opium from for Chinese-manufactured goods and tea.?
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.
What war between the Chinese and British opened China up to foreign trade?
the opium war
Where did The British trade opium from for Chinese-manufactured goods and tea?
India Odyssey Ware user!!
What was a result of the Opium Wars apex?
Britain gained access Chinese trade.
