Discuss the reasons for the Opium Wars (1837-42).

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In 1839, the *** Emperor sent Lin-Ze-xu to Canton as a Special Commissioner with instructions to stop the opium trade.
After he arrived in Canton in the spring of 1839, Lin arrested 1,600 men involved in the trade and confiscated 11,000 pounds of opium.
He forced the factories to hand over their stocks of opium, burnt 20,000 crates of opium and blew the ashes to the wind.
When he announced that Canton was closed to foreign trade Britain declared war. China was defeated in the Opium War (1837–42).
The *** were forced to accept the humiliating terms of the subsequent treaties, legalising opium trade and opening up China to foreign merchants.

kratos · Answer 1 · 2020-07-16T02:20:49+0000

In 1839, the *** Emperor sent Lin-Ze-xu to Canton as a Special Commissioner with instructions to stop the opium trade.
After he arrived in Canton in the spring of 1839, Lin arrested 1,600 men involved in the trade and confiscated 11,000 pounds of opium.
He forced the factories to hand over their stocks of opium, burnt 20,000 crates of opium and blew the ashes to the wind.
When he announced that Canton was closed to foreign trade Britain declared war. China was defeated in the Opium War (1837–42).
The *** were forced to accept the humiliating terms of the subsequent treaties, legalising opium trade and opening up China to foreign merchants.

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