First Opium War (1 janv. 1839 – 1 janv. 1842)
Description:
Lin Zexu* dumped a bunch of British opium in the sea to try to suppress the opium trade->British declared war
Ended with the Treaty of Nanjing* (first of many unequal treaties*)
-Trade improvements for british
-Indemnities (drained Chinese wealth and tried to address silver imbalance)
-Hong Kong
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 janv. 1839
1 janv. 1842
~ 3 years