-
Founding of the East Indai Company
Formed by the British, focused on trading with the East Indies. Traded tea, cotton, salt, and opium. -
Opium-Tobacco MIx Introduced int China
Dutch intrduced the mix to China -
Opium as a cash crop
British used opium as a cash crop for the Chinese -
Ban of Opium
Opium addicts increase in China. Qing Court prohibits all inports of opium plants and openly burns 1.2 million Kgs of opium. -
First Opium War
Qing Empire vz. Britain, France, United States, and Russia. China declared a war on the dug and the British continued to smuggle in to China. The Birtish won with a loss of 69 men and China lost 25,000 men in the war. -
Hong Kong becomes a British colony
Treaty of Nanjing opened the ports of Shanghai. -
Start of the Second Opiium War
British and French diplomats were refused entry into Beijing. -
Seond Opium War
The luding of the Qing Imperial Palace. The British won the war. -
Collapse Of Qing Empire
Empire collapses and establishment of the Republic of China.
