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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.
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∙ 15y agoChina no longer wanted opium from England. England became angery and caused the war.
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When did opium war happen?
There were 2 Opium Wars, the First Opium War was from 1839-1842 the Second Opium War was from 1856-1860
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Who won the Opium War the Chinese or the British?
The British won the first and second Opium War.
Was the Opium War a just war?
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When did the first opium war start?
The first opium war began, in very brief words, because China wanted to control the importing of Opium from Britain, and Britain was not a fan since its largest export to China was Opium and imported tea.
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What conflicting British and Chinese positions led to the Opium war?
The conflicting positions were Britain refused to stop trading opium and to sop making the chinese smoke it.
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There were no specific Chinese imperialism leaders. The British treasury was the source of Opium being sold to China, which later led to the Opium War.
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