COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Question
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What did the British find to trade to make money with China?
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Tea
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Opium
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Coffee
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Cotton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They would only sell their goods in exchange for silver, and as a result large amounts of silver were leaving Britain. In order to stop this, the East India Company and other British merchants began to smuggle Indian opium into China illegally, for which they demanded payment in silver.
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