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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.
an exclusive right to trade with China (maybe)
It was that Britain wanted tea so they started trading with China. Unfortunately, China only wanted gold. It was an uneven trade so Britain started trying to trade with Opium, but China did not want Opium so Britain declared war. The Chinese were not that hi-tech so they lost the war and Britain got Hong kong. It was really sad because their armor was wood which was not enough to stop a bullet.
Britain gaind the right to trade with china
the opium war
the opium war
the opium war
China was closed to the world until the 1970’s when Nixon opened talks and trade.
There was no eleventh world war, sorry.
Canton
the First Opium War between Britain and China.
Hong Kong