The Opium Wars

Opium War
- During the Opium War, what happend was that the British and the Chinese would trade alot. The British wanted the tea from the Chinese, and the Chinese wanted Opium from the British. Soon enough the Chinese people started becoming very ill from the Opium, and the Chinese government didnt like that. So the government requested Britain to stop giving the Chinese Opium, But the British refused because they wanted their tea and money. Thats when they declared war.
The reason why its called the Opium war is because the chinese were trying to get Opium out of their country, but the British kept bringing it in. As a result the British easily won the Chinese because the British had way more modern technology than the Chinese did. This is one of Chinese's most humiliating loss in history.