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