The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history. This is because the British traders were trying to force a negative item, or a drug to be precise, into China, who refused to accept it. The reason China decided to refuse it is because the Opium is making the citizens addicts, and therefore must be stopped. The British didn't take this as a lesson, but instead declared war on China for not accepting an item that shouldn't be sold in the first place. So, this concludes that the war was declared without much consideration and thinking. Thus, I belive that The Opium War is a shameful blot of Britain's history.
they got it from India then manufactured the opium
The trade policies of Britain.
The trade policies of Britain.
If you're referrring to the opium wars between China and Britain, the British bought opium from growers in India (which was under British control at the time).
great Britain gained what? as a result of the opium war was?
The British won the first and second Opium War.
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
The British attachment to free trade and progress vs the traditional Confucian bias against merchants and commerce. http://www.historytoday.com/julia-lovell/opium-wars-both-sides-now
No. China did not start the Opium wars. The Opium wars were started by the British, who desperately wanted Chinese products, but were not able to get any because the Chinese people were not interested in British imports. Britain finally discovered Opium, and quickly got the Chinese population addicted. When the emperor of the time banned Opium, Britain attacked China, which launched the Opium wars.
Strictly a British affair.
the negative trade balance between Britain and China
First Opium War