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He seized and destroyed over (roughly 1,200 tons) [1, 5]. The Outbreak of War

Five "treaty ports" (including Shanghai and Canton) were opened to British trade [2, 3]. how_britain_went_to_war_with_china_over_opium

He wrote a famous letter to Queen Victoria appealing to her morality (which she likely never saw) [4, 5]. He blockaded foreign merchants in Canton [1, 3]. He seized and destroyed over (roughly 1,200 tons) [1, 5]

Silver began flowing out of China to pay for the drug, crippling the Chinese economy [2, 6]. The Breaking Point: Commissioner Lin Zexu He blockaded foreign merchants in Canton [1, 3]

By the 1830s, millions of Chinese citizens were addicted, causing severe social and economic decay [3, 5].

Britain, viewing the destruction of the opium as an attack on private property and free trade, dispatched a naval task force to China in 1840 [1, 2]. The British Royal Navy, equipped with advanced steamships and superior artillery, easily overwhelmed the outdated Chinese coastal defenses [3, 6]. The Treaty of Nanking

In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor appointed to end the opium trade [1, 5]. Lin took drastic measures: