Opium WarEssay Preview: Opium WarReport this essayThe Opium War was a war fought by two countries Great Britain and china in 1839. The war was fought over the drug opium which was used by the Chinese for hundreds of year to relieve pain. opium is a habit forming narcotic made from the poppy plant. In the late 1700s the British was smuggling the drug into China for non-medical use. The navies of the two countries mostly fought the battles of the opium war at sea. Within three years the Chineses old ships were simply no matches for the brand new British ships. In 1843 the Chinese and the British signed the treaty of Nanjing. This treaty gave the British the island of Hong Kong. In 1844 the United States of America and other countries gained extraterritorial rights. Which this allowed other countries to trade in china and not live by their law while in China. These extraterritorial rights led to many positive and negative things.
Opium War Report: In the fall of 1837 the U.S. invaded China. It has led to all of the negative actions by the British and Japanese over their foreign policy. I hope this article may help you in resolving these two issues.
In all honesty, I can say that I was not involved in either War at all and am proud of my time there to see this war begin. But at the exact moment the British invaded (1912/13), I was not a member of the United Nations or even involved in any diplomatic work with either side.[/p>
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