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Opium trade
When British first wanted to start trading with Chinese they only traded special good such as silk.
British own Chinese but didnt have the enough sliver to pay them back so they used opium
British decided to grow opium in india and smuggle it to china
Chinese government hates the fact that the British were making people addicted to opium

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-The British owed the chinese and they weren’t able to pay for it in silver so they payed for it in opium
-  china only wanted silver and gold but the British couldn’t afford it so they continued paying for it in opium
- britain decided to grow the opium in India which made India very angry.
-When Britain first decided to trade with the Chinese they wanted to trade with them to get special good like silk.
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-When Britain first made contact with china, they wanted to trade with them to get special goods like silk

-China only wanted silver and gold for their products, but Britain did not want to give gold and silver to china because their economy was based off of how much gold and silver they had.

-Britain decided to grow opium in india, and smuggle it into China, hoping to get China’s population addicted to it.

-once china became addicted to opium, Britain was able to trade opium for china’s goods.

-the Chinese government hated the fact the the British were making their people addicted to a drug banned in britian, so they started a war, but due to Britain’s superior navy, china was beaten badly. This was the first opium war, and china was forced to sign a embarrassing treaty which allowed britian access to Chinese ports and cities, and did not allow china to ban opium.

-after a while a second opium war began, between the french and British and the Chinese, again the Chinese were destroyed by the Europeans superior navy, and had to sign another treaty giving Britain even more ports and even the city of Hong Kong

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-The Opium War began as a result of a trade conflict between the British and the Qing dynasty in China.

-British traders were making enormous profits from the trade in Chinese products including tea, silks, and porcelain.

- Millions of addicts lived in the nation in 1840. What had previously been a positive trade balance was also being weakened by illegal opium imports.

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.At the start British imperialism wanted to trade with China.

Though China only wanted sliver, the British looked for other things they could trade with. That is when Opium trade started.

Later on when this trade continued, China realized the problem with Opium on its citizens and tried to halt the trade.

China found cases of illegal opium and destroyed it, were the British takes this as a act of war

First opium war start 1839 to 1842, in the end the treaty of Commerce take place, on a British Warship.

Later on the second Opium war takes place on 1856 to 1860, with the Treaty of Tientsin at the end of the war. Both the two treaties only benefited Britain in benefits, leaving China out.

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- Lasted from 1839-1842
-This was caused because Opium was being illegally sent over to China
-China destroyed over 20,000 cases of Opium
-This lead to the British attacking China

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-Considered to have occurred primarily in the 19th century, but outside interest in China began centuries earlier.

-The major European nations of the time (Britain, France, Portugal, and Germany) played a significant role in imperialism in China.

-Negative effects of imperialism in China include pollution, overpopulation, and abuse of workers.

-China began to industrialize when Britain gained control.

-Because of all the machinery used in this time period, the air in China became polluted and still is today.

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-war started I’m 1839-1842
-opium sales to China paid the entire tea trade
-opium was used at medicine that could ease pain , help sleep, reduce stress
-1840 fights started due to people getting addicted to the product and became favorable I’m trade
-fights started between British and Chinese emperors

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British man forcing the Chinese to trade opium or get shot

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-Opium was a highly addictive substance that was often traded in imperialized China in the early 19th century.
-If the Chinese didn’t want to trade, the British would make a naval display and even declare war.
-The Chinese burned 20,000 pounds of opium and forced the British to call war on them
-The British forced the legality of opium in china to encourage trade
-The opium wars raged during 1839-1842 and 1856-1860. China lost both times

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The Role Of Opium During The Imperialism Of China. (Rucha Desai)

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The Role Of Opium During The Imperialism Of China. (Rucha Desai)

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- People in china got addicted and hooked on to opium.

- The first opium war took place during 1839-1842. China lost.

- The second opium war took place during 1856-1860. China lost again.

-  In spring 1839 the Chinese government confiscated and destroyed more than 20,000 chests of opium

- the British smuggled opium to get china addicted because Britain wanted to expand its imperial power and sell more goods.

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How opium related to the imperialism of China- khooshi trivedi

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How opium related to the imperialism of China- khooshi trivedi

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-Opium related to the imperialism of China because when the British traded opium for China's products like silk, the Chinese became addicted to it.
- 2 wars were caused over opium.
- in 1838 the Cheng emperor declared 20,000 cases of british opium coming into china to be burned because he realized how much it was affecting people.
- china tried to make opium illegal but the british did not like this and used the treaty of Tientsin to legalize the use of opium.
- opium was originally created for healing people but then people good too addicted to it.

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—The Opium War between 1839-1942
—Caused unequal treaties
—Caused addiction in people
—The Chinese destroyed 20,000 cases of Opium causing problems between them and the British
—Grown in India
—A source for other drugs like heroin

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opium during china imperialism(oliver pena)

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opium during china imperialism(oliver pena)

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-china government destroyed than 20,000 chest filled with opium.
-britian wanted to gain imperial power and sells goods to china because they needed silk from them so they got them hooked on opium.
- china got hooked to it and people where getting hocked left and right.
-china was defeated in both wars.
-china had 5 ports to foreign trade like the uk

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Sai Brinda Bhupatiraju (Gunboat Diplomacy)

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Sai Brinda Bhupatiraju (Gunboat Diplomacy)

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- This is in simple terms intimidation
- The Chinese realized that the Opium trade was not good for their country and people
- They tried making opium trade illegal
- The British didn’t like this and began bringing war ships to China
- The British threaten the Chinese with war because they still want to trade opium

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Giuliana Prinzivalli - imperialism of China

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Giuliana Prinzivalli - imperialism of China

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-Opium caused China to be forced to concede their territorial rights
-Imperialism of China caused overpopulation and the abuse of workers and China began to industrialize
-Imperialism introduced trade to China and a lot of education in the region
-The economy and population has an uprising

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-Opium created a major addiction
-Opium was grown in India
-People wanted to trade the British for opium
-It’s a non-synthetic poppy plant
-This is a source in heroin, morphine, etc
-Opium was originally created for healing people but then lead to a outrageous mistake of letting people have it a lot.

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Opium was highly addictive, and was mostly shipped in China.

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Although opium was seen as a medicine that could relieve pain, help you sleep and reduce stress, by 1840 there were millions of addicts in China. Illegal opium trading was also going away from what had once been a good balance of trade. Chinese efforts to end the trade were initially successful. This drug caused two wars.

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Opium was a very popular drug that was imported into
China. Everyone would use it and get really high. The Chinese would destroy many cases of it and this would cause a lot of chaos and would lead to a war between China and Britain.

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- Opium was a highly addictive substance
- Very popular drug
- This caused a lot of chaos between the British and china
- People traded many things for opium
-This drug cause two wars
-The first war started because china burned 20,000 pounds of opium
- This upset the British and started the first opium war between 1839 and 1842
-After this war the British demanded opium become legal
-This then started the second opium war that took place between 1856 and 1860