The opium war

In 1840, the first attempt of opium war started. This was the first drug war. This drug was very highly addictive, and many chenese citizen were hooked on it. Government wanted to stop the opium trade. England refused and Lin tse-Hus threatened to cut off trade between England and China.

They had weapons and technology that was far more advanced than china had so they easily defeated the Chinese.The country who won the war was England because they attacked china by surprise.The letter never made it to England because his messenger was killed by some sailors in china.Britain fought because they wanted the tea from china so they needed more parts to trade instead of the only part available.