The Opium Wars

"From 1839 to 1842, China fought what we now call the "Opium Wars" with Britain". china is a vary old country for a vary long time they believed that they were the center of the world also they didn't need anything form any other country.

       by the 18Th century England has Begin to import mass amounts of tea and silk from china. the Chinese  want to be paid only in gold and silver. also, china did not buy much from England. This means that was send a lot of gold and silver out of the country. this had to stop England had to find something that they could sell to china. At first that Chinese government refused to allow opium into china this lead to the first opium war which the chinese lost because the britsh had better ships and weapons. as a result of  had to give up hong kong , and to open other to trade  with england 

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

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like bugs and rival tribes on there way to find the source of the Nile river. John The film showed all the things you have to worry about Africa Speke and Richard Burton were two British explores who was sent out from England in 1854 by the Royal geographic society. along the way the faced many problems such as hostile people, danger of malaria, wild animals,dirty water, lack of food, and long distances.


the british were vary nationalistic, for example the named the biggest in africa after queen Victoria