The Opium Wars by WILLIAM TERRY

What was opium and why was it desired?

960141 — 2024-02-06 15:44:53 UTC

Being a non-synthetic narcotic derived from poppy plant seeds, it is a highly addicting substance and an ingredient in most illicit and medicinal narcotics. Britain's need for opium was due the the concept of silver shortage when trading with Chinese, since the Chinese had a large swathe of expensive goods, the brit's decided the cheapest form of compensation for said goods would be opium.

How did the Chinese government respond to the British opium trade?

linkhyruleofficial — 2024-02-06 15:53:43 UTC

They decided to pillage the brit’s and destroyed over 20,000 chests of opium which is about 1400 tons worth of opium. they then made major concessions over the drug and had banned the production and transportation of said drug.

Who won the opium wars?

linkhyruleofficial — 2024-02-06 16:08:46 UTC

Great Britain won the first Opium War. The opium trade continued, and China had to compensate Great Britain for its losses, give Hong Kong Island to the British, and increase the number of treaty ports where the British could trade and reside. Great Britain and France won the second Opium War.

how did China come independent from Britain

linkhyruleofficial — 2024-02-07 16:08:38 UTC

During the Handover of Hong Kong, the British Empire gave back to the Chinese government after WW2 and the horrors the Japanize committed to the Chinese people.

The impacts of colonized China

960141 — 2024-02-07 16:10:05 UTC

After the humiliation of the first Opium War, the Qin Dynasty (the ruling family of China) were left humiliated and soon dissolved, leading to the requisition of Hong Kong to the British Empire and China having to pay Britain for the damages they caused during and after the Opium War.

Citations

960141 — 2024-02-09 15:55:10 UTC

-Britannica

-Wikipedia