WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The roots of the Opium War (or First China War) lay in a trade dispute between the British and the Chinese Qing Dynasty. By the start of the 19th century, the trade in Chinese goods such as tea, silks and porcelain was extremely lucrative for British merchants.

Detailed explanation-2: -opium trade, in Chinese history, the traffic that developed in the 18th and 19th centuries in which Western countries, mostly Great Britain, exported opium grown in India and sold it to China.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian opium was imported at Canton and was sold to Chinese smugglers in exchange for silver, which in turn was transferred to the BEIC coffers as well as used to purchase export goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -Great Britain won the first Opium War. The opium trade continued, and China had to compensate Great Britain for its losses, give Hong Kong Island to the British, and increase the number of treaty ports where the British could trade and reside. Great Britain and France won the second Opium War.