Opium Wars

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Hint	Answer
From which events was the British economy suffering	American Revolution
From which events was the British economy suffering	Napoleonic Wars
Where were Britain banned from silver	South America
What percent of British imports were tea	10
Which dynasty had ruled it for 200 years	Qing
Name of the emperor	Daoguang Emperor
Which nation had a surplus of tea	China
System of trade that greatly restricted western imports to China	Canton System
Group of merchants that all transaction were run through	Cohong
What began to be done instead of trading to get good into China	Piracy
	Smuggling
Where had Britain recently captured swathes of land	India
What did they originally try to grow	Cotton
What did they grow instead	Poppies
What could this be converted into	Opium
Company that began trading with Chinese merchants outside the border	British East India Company
Who took over the company	British government
Who did the Chinese emperor hire to deal with the drug issue	Lin Zexu
Which year was he appointed	1839
What did he do to thousands of merchants and addicts	Arrest
How many chests of opium did he confiscate	20,000
How many tons was that	1,400
What did he send to western countries	Letters
What did British merchants want from the government	Compensation
What did 2 drunk soldiers do during the night	Attacked a Chinese man
What punishment did the Chinese governor want to be dealt out	Execution
Who was the British captain	Lord Elliot
What did he sentence them to	Hard labour
What did the governor cut off from British merchants	Food supply
Which island did they retreat to	Hong Kong
What did Chinese ships aim to do when the British returned to the mainland	Seize their supplies
What date was this, first battle of the Opium Wars	4 September 1839

Hint	Answer
On which river did Britain set up a naval blockade	Pearl River
Who won the subsequent naval battles	Britain
Who did the emperor replace the governor with	Qishan
What figure of compensation was agreed between the two sides	£6,000,000
Over what issue did the negotiations fail	Land
What did Britain attack in 1841	Two forts
How many Chinese were killed in the battles	500
How many British were killed in the battles	38
In the new successful negotiations, the compensation was kept the same, but how much would Britain buy Hong Kong for	£6,000,000
What did the Daoguang emperor do to Qishan as a result of the agreement	Executed him
What happened to Elliot as a result	He was fired
Who did this and continued the war	Lord Palmerston
Why did Britain call off a bombardement of Canton	They were paid off
What did the capture instead	Shanghai
What city had they captured by 1842 (old spelling)	Nanjing
Name of the treaty that was forced upon the Chinese	Treaty of Nanjing
Terms of the treaty	£20 million
	Open 5 ports
	Cede Hong Kong to Britain
	Agree to fixed custom duties
Name of the British ship captured by Chinese officials	The Arrow
What happened to some of the crew	They were arrested
Which year was this	1856
What did Britain then do	Siege forts in Pearl River
Whose ships did China attack	USA
Who also sided with the British	France
What was their official reason for entering the war	The murder of a French missionary
City that they attacked in 1857	Canton
Treaty forced upon the new emperor	Treaty of Tianjin
New emperor's name	Xianfeng emperor
Attacks begun on which forts in 1858 after the terms of the treaty were not upheld	Taku Forts
Which year was this successful	1860
City captured by the invaders	Beijing
Building burned down	Summer Palace
Name of the emperor's brother	Prince Gong
In which convention did he re-ratify the aforementioned treaty	Beijing Convention
Countries gaining from China's downfall	Britain
	US
	Russia
	France

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Dec 3, 2023

Lin should be accepted, that is the family name, as well as Guangzhou for Canton.

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