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Britain started trading opium with China
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Daoguang emperor rejected proposals
Dagoguang emperor rejected proposals to legalize and tax opium resulting in confiscation of about 20,000 chests of opium. -
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Opium Wars (first and second)
The war between China and Britain about the illegal trade of opium which is a drug. -
All Opium Gets Thrown Away
Commissioner Lin Zexu declared that all opium was to be poured into the rivers because people kept smuggling opium into the country. -
British Captured the Bogue forts
The Bogue forts guarded the mouth of the Pearl River. Pearl River is the waterway between Hong Kong and Canton -
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When the British Ruled Hong Kong
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The Nanking Treaty
With the increasing threat of Britain’s power, the Chinese agree to the Nanking or Nanjing treaty which gives Hong Kong to Britain for the war as a base and also a trading center because of it's water channels. -
Japan Attacked Hong Kong
They attacked without declaring war. -
Japan Took Hong Kong
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The Japanese changed the Hong Kong money to yen
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Hong Kong went back to China
After the “Handover”, Hong Kong became part of China again. It had been given to Britain for 156 years.
