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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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The Opium war id held between which two countries?
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China and Russia
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China and England
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England and France
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Russia and England
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Settling this financial problem eventually led to the First Opium War between Great Britain and China, from 1839 to 1842.
Detailed explanation-2: -Britain wanted to expand its imperial power and sell more goods, especially the opium whose import the Chinese tried to ban, while the British sold or smuggled in anyway. In other words, it was a case of commercial and imperialist British greed trying to force opium on the Chinese.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Opium Wars were two wars fought between the Chinese Qing dynasty and European powers. Both the wars were a result of the Qing Dynasty’s attempts to curb the opium trade. The first was fought from 1839-1842 and the second one from 1856 – 1860.
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