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