History of Hong Kong Bunny

By parkj10

  • Britain started trading opium with China

    Britain traded opium to make a distributive trade.

  • China banned Opium

    China banned opium because there were to many opium addicts, and because China was losing money.

  • The 1st Opium war started

    It started because of the imbalance of the trade.
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    The Opium Wars

    The battle that started because of trade.

  • Britain took Hong Kong

    Britain took hong kong because China lost the war.

  • The treaty of nanking was signed and the 1st Opium war ended.

    The treaty of nanking stopped the 1st opium war. The treaty said that Britain could have Hong Kong, but instead Britain had to stop trading opium.

  • The 2nd Opium war started

    It started because Britain kept on trading opium even after the treaty was signed.

  • The 2nd Opium war ended

    It ended when the Anglo-French attacked Beijing to force China to trade.

  • The Allied forces lost against Britain

    The Hong Kongers lost to Britain.

  • Currency Changed

    Japan changed the Hong Kong currency to yen.

  • Japan Attacked Hong Kong

  • Japan took Hong Kong

    Mark Young surrendered to Japan.

  • Japan Surrendered

    Japan gave back Hong Kong.

  • The Handover

    China got Hong Kong again.