First Opium War (jan 1, 1839 – jan 1, 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
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1839
jan 1, 1842
~ 3 years