HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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Question
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War between China and Britain over the opium trade ____ Britain won.
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Boer War
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Seven Weeks War
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Opium War
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Opium Action
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Between 1839 and 1842, British forces fought a war in China that benefitted drug smugglers. Their subsequent victory in the conflict opened up the lucrative Chinese trade to British merchants.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between China and the United Kingdom, and was triggered by the Chinese government’s campaign to enforce its prohibition against opium trafficking by British merchants.
Detailed explanation-3: -The British retaliated by sending out a war fleet. The first Opium War ended, in 1842, with China’s defeat and the signing of the Treaty of Nanking, which forced the Chinese to cede the island of Hong Kong, and accept greater economic openness.
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