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• Legalized Opium

• Restrictions on Christian Missionary activity.

• Wars broke out (2 of them).

• Addiction to opium.

• The Chinese got opium from the British instead of silver for a trade.

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- Opium was traded from Britain to China.
- After a while they thought of banning Opium resulting in making no trade with Britian, but when the British found out they had done this, they viewed it as a conflict.
- British had destroyed many Chinese fleets at the time.
- The British were make a negotiation where they would build a trading station, China rejected it, resulting in the British capturing the Bogue forts of Chuenpi and Tycocktow.
- At the end, China had asked for a truce and signed and agreement making Hong Kong a British territory meaning that the British had won the Opium war.

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- European merchants were determined to find a product the Chinese would buy in large quantities which turned out to be opium.
-Opium is a narcotic made from a poppy plant. Usually used for pain relief but however was used for non medical use (smuggled into China by British merchants(.
- It did take a bit long for opium smoking to catch but by 1835 as many as 12 million Chinese  people were hooked to the drug.
- The opium war began when an open clash between British and the Chinese due to Britain refusing to stop trading opium to China.
- The opium war ended when China suffered a humiliating defeat most of the battles at sea and in result they signed a peace treaty, the treaty of Nanjing.

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- Opium was a product sold to the Chinese for products
- It was brought by the British who had grown it in their country
- Opium was used for medical purposes
- The Opium War had happened after China burnt down 20,000 crates filled with Opium
- Many people in china got addicted to it

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-British gave Chinese silver for Opium so British can smuggle it into china
-Opium was a addictive drug.Others would sell for profit.
-the Chinese quickly tried to ban/destroy Opium.
-Them trying to Ban/destroy Opium cause 2 Opium wars between Chinese and the British.
-which the British won the 2 Opium wars.
-In china modernization had decreased overtime.

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-The British were very interested in the Chinese products which included things like silk.
-Becuase silver and gold were very expensive, they decided to trade china opium which was a very addictive drug that china thought could be used for medicine
-After many chinese people became addicted to the drug
In response, China burned over 20000 crates of opium angering the British.
This would cause the opium wars and eventually the collapse of the Qing dynasty.

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Traded Opium to China because they didn’t want to give silver

Many people began to get addicted and it had a negative impact on society

Opium caused two wars that were both called the ‘Opium Wars’

The Chinese government tried to put a stop to trading Opium but it was still smuggled in

Opium was first used for medical treatments but later turned into a cash crop

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-British used opium instead of silver for Chinese items since they didn’t have enough silver for them

-the Chinese became addicted to the drug quickly

-The Chinese decided to ban opium and burn thousands of cases of it

-The ban of opium and the Chinese destroying thousands of cases caused two opium wars between the Chinese and the British

-The British ended up winning both wars.

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-2 wars broke out called the opium wars
-british won both wars resulting in china signing off on unfair treaties
-used as recreational drug
-many people got hooked onto this drug
-trade routes open up
-many other countries now wanted to trade with china do to the large amounts of opium in stock

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The british gave the chinese opium instead of silver for trade.

Opium is a very addictive drug

The Chinese government burned 20,000 cases of opium as an attempt to ban opium

2 opium wars took place and the british won both of them. This caused the chinese to agree to unfair treaties

Opium in China greatly decreased Chinese modernization and the progression of the empire as a whole

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Elizabeth Ramirez

First attempted rejected imperialists, however British used opium to force trade since many Chinese citizens became dependent on it

Recognized the harm opium caused to citizens and attempted to ban opium trade

British were upset with this, used gunboat diplomacy

Took drastic steps in 1838, when the Qing government confiscated 20,000 cases of British opium and destroyed them. British saw this as an act of war and started the First Opium War

Easily defeated the Qing Dynasty, forced the Treaty of Nanking

Turned on each other in a civil war since many Chinese citizens and officials felt that not enough was done to deal with opium and the British

British demanded that all of China would be open to trade and that opium would be fully legalized. Disagreements over this led to the Second Opium War

China lost a war to Japan in 1895

China was under threat of being colonized, Open Door Policy was enacted so it wasn’t and so the US could continue trading with and making money off of China, making the country open to trade with all countries

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Opium was introduced to China by the British in the 18th century as a way to balance the trade deficit caused by the popularity of Chinese goods in Europe.

The Chinese government tried to ban opium in the 19th century, but this was met with resistance from the British who continued to smuggle it into the country.

Opium addiction became widespread in China, leading to social and economic problems.

The Opium Wars were fought between China and Britain in the mid-19th century over the trade of opium. China lost and was forced to open up its ports to British trade, leading to further exploitation by foreign powers.

The opium trade was eventually abolished in China in the early 20th century, but the legacy of opium addiction and the Opium Wars continues to shape Chinese history and politics.

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-Given to the Chinese by the British

-Chinese started using as a recreational drug

-Decreased modernization in China

-Chinese government burned 20,000 cases of Opium

Kriish Kotapati

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- Opened additional ports in China, which put more opium trades, etc.

- It removed restrictions on Christian missionary activity, which meant they could go and convert people freely.

- Granted permission for foreigners to enter China, which made them get powers and used the people exploitation, etc.

- Legalized Opium, so Britain could gain money, Opium is a drug and back then, people were addicted to it, especially in China.

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-Opium is a drug that got distributed I’m china by the British for trade no sliver
-Opium was with the first thought of just being used for medical purposes
-In china many people got addicted

-China government wanted to ban it which 20,000 burned cases of opium

-Opium decreased modernization in china

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Mark Makarevich

- Given to Chinese because British didn’t want to give any silver to China and they had a lot of opium.

- Many people in China got addicted to the drug.

- Because of how much of an issue opium was to China, the government wanted to ban it and burned 20,000 cases of opium.

- British saw this as a threat so they started 2 opium wars.

- British won both wars and trade routes opened.

- Because of this other countries in the west wanted to trade with China.

- Opium in China had made it develop less as a nation as most of the population had become addicted and relied on opium.

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-In the 19th century, more and more Chinese were smoking British opium as a recreational drug

-This recreational drug soon became a punishing addiction

-Many people who stopped ingesting opium became sick and sometimes died from withdrawal

-The use and production of opium in China increased dramatically

-Opium weakened a large percentage of the population

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- Opium was a product sold to the Chinese for their products
- It had been brought in by the British who had grown it in their colony
- Opium used to be used for medical purposes
- The Opium War had happened after China burnt down 20,000 crates filled with Opium which was seen as a declaration of was
- Majority of the Chinese population was affected by Opium

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Treaty of Tientsin | Estefani Cholula Martinez 

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Treaty of Tientsin | Estefani Cholula Martinez 

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- Opened additional ports for people to be able to trade goods

- It removed restrictions on Christian missionary activity

- It legalized the use of opium which was a drug that people really liked to smoke

- It granted foreigners permission to travel freely throughout China

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Dhaanvi Sharma

- opium was drug that was given to china by the British for trade

- Since many people in china were getting addicted china made the rash decision to burn 20,000 cases of opium Britan took this as a sign for war

- Britain won the war with china and in return Britain gave china the treaty of mankind to china and the British also wanted the most successful port of china which was Hong Kong

- china banned opium because to many of the citizens there were getting addicted and not doing any work other than just smoking opium

- The treaty of Tientsin opened additional roots for trade, removed restrictions on Christian missionary activity, were legalized to use opium by British and granted foreigners permission to travel freely through out china

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Gunboat Diplomacy effects by Drew Offenberg

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Gunboat Diplomacy effects by Drew Offenberg

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- The British forced their own rules on the Chinese while threatening them with their massive advanced naval warships docked at their harbors

- The Chinese were amazed at what modernization has done to warships like the British. This influenced the Chinese to make modern bloats of their own

- The modern warships of the British stopped any kind of resistance/war brought on by the Chinese. This forced the Chinese to modernize their own weapons

- Trade through China was mainly controlled by the British because their naval ships dominated the seas along the Chinese borders

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Opium highly changed things in many places, It affected the Chinese very difficulty in ways like..

-the drug weakened a large part of the Chinese population

-many people died and got very addicted to opium

-in exchange for things like tea and silk china would receive opium which did not help them at all

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-Opium was a cash crop grown by the British
-It is used as a painkiller in modern times and has highly addictive properties
-The import of Opium into China came as a result of the fact the Chinese weren’t interested in anything else
-By the late 18th century it is estimated that 10% of China’s population was hooked
-It an attempt to stop addiction the Qing dynasty burnt 20,000 cases of Opium, which Britain saw as an act of war
-This sparked two Opium Wars that ended in loses for the Chinese
-As a result of the wars, China had to open up to trade with the world and comply to unfair treaties
-Opium in China greatly decreased Chinese modernization and the progression of the empire as a whole