The Opium War

The Opium War was a fight between British and Chinese. They been trade opium for tea for years into the Chinese notice that the opium was mess with thier culture. Opium was a drug that had a major addition to it. the Chinese was using the drugs heavy and the Chinese want it to be stopped before China was destory. The British refussed to stop sell opium to them because they needed the tea. British came to a point and decided they gona force the Chinses to buy the drugs and if not they gona go to war. During the war the Chinses was be killed because pf the ships and weapons the British had. China was eventually defeated by Britain, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.