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The First Opium War (1840 - 1842) (jan 1, 1840 – jan 1, 1842)

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-Opium was illegal drug and was smuggled in
-Lin Zexu threw 2.6 pounds of Opium into ocean
-Angry British drug dealers got the British government to promise them money for the lost drugs, but it wasn’t affordable.
-That’s how the war started.