Opium War

By milla_bath

  • British gave opium to China 1700-1800

    Once Britain gave the opium to China, all the chinese people got very sick and most of the people died!

  • 18th Century Opium addiction

    British sent opium to HK and very little time lots of people were poisoned

  • British discovered value of opium trade

    British knew that it would make all the Chinese people sick and they traded it on purpose

  • Lin Zexu tried to stop opium war

    Lin Zexu was important. The opium war was really fustrating him because he couldn't stand it anymore.

  • Chinese goverment trying to stop opium war

  • China traded silk,tea and porcelian to Britian

    Britain traded money for silk, tea and porcelain and soon Britain thought they were spending too much money.

  • War ended when the chinese signed the treaty of nangking

  • China agreed to lease HK to Britian for a 100 years 1897-1997