First Opium War

The Opium War was a major part of China’s history. There were many economic issues, (the high cost of importing opium), political issues (disobedience of Chinese ban on opium imports) and consequences of the British victory (Britain’s greater power over China) that precipitated the Opium war, but the British victory had the greatest impact on China because the extension of British power reduced China’s autonomy and made them more dependent on Europe. The high cost of importing opium had major consequences

China, a not as strong country but a very isolated one. Opium, a drug that’s more commonly known as Morphine or Heroine. One may be wondering what these three things have in common, and the answer, trade. An Important trade that caused two wars that stretched the globe. In the years 1836-1860 a war was fought between the countries of China and Britain. A war that was compromised with an illegal treaty. A war that began as an unfair fight. A war that brought China to its knees and provided Britain with

during those times. The Opium wars were a result of the illegal exporting of opium between Britain and China. The imperial government of China often responded to encroachments of the trading agreements of opium by attempting to create bans. China also responded by the emperor writing to King George III. These are a few aspects of the trading that occurred between China and Britain throughout the Qing dynasty. China, during the

The Opium War from 1839 to 1842 was the beginning of Modern Chinese history. The Opium War was not about opium because the Treaty of Nanjing does not state a single thing about opium. The treaty was between China and England in 1842, stating in the first Article that there should be peace between the two countries. The Treaty of Nanjing does not include any articles about opium being a reason for the war but it includes agreements of both countries to continue trade. Opium was part of the reasons

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The thought of opium as a topic of conversation in China throughout the late eighteenth century and nineteenth century brought about discussions that varied from arguments for its legalization and praise of its distributors to the complete ban of the drug and punishment for all users and smugglers. For those who acted as proponents of the narcotic, they sincerely believed that this necessary evil was one of the only aspects of the economy that could effectively propel China into the same class as

The Opium War was a war between the United Kingdom and Imperial China. Smoking opium for the stimulating impacts is not noted in China until the eighteenth century, but rather likely started at some point before. The Chinese Imperial Government in the mid eighteenth century turned out to be progressively concerned with the spreading dependence on opium and its crippling impact. The Imperial Government disallowed the offer of opium blended with tobacco and banned opium-smoking houses (1729). The Government

even war. During the 1800s and the early 1900s, both China and Japan were victims of foreign imperialism. Early on, both nations were kept secluded from other powers through various trading and travel restrictions. A closed door policy was created by each nation in fear of western powers invading their land. This restricted trading to specific ports and also the traveling of both citizens and foreigners. These policies did not hold up forever, however with China’s ending after the Opium Wars and Japan’s

Introduction “Opium entered China on the back of a camel, and ended up breaking the back of an entire nation” -Unknown This paper studies the trade disputes over opium between China and Britain and the two wars that resulted from these disputes in the 19th century. The focus of this paper will primarily be British actions in the years leading up to the Wars, the Wars themselves, and the aftermath of the Wars. The first war was fought between 1839 and 1842, while the second was fought from

The Opium Wars Student- Rebecca Courte Teacher – Mrs O’Connor Prior to the Opium Wars in the 1800’s the Qing Dynasty had conquered more land than ever for China, its jurisdiction was nearly 10 million square kilometres but this cost them dearly and regardless of their prodigious feats, soon begun a slow decline. After following the example of Genghis Kahn and his nucleus of universal culture, the overthrow of the Ming dynasty was slightly less barbaric than previous dynasty collapses. But as the