During the year 1839 to 1842, China fought against the British. The war was known as the Opium War. It started out when the British seem to love the tea from China and wanted to trade with them. China didn't like the idea of trading. So however, the British decided to sell Opium to China, which was a drug grown in India. Then China banned the import of Opium because the effects of the drug was left to China to pay for it.
On the other hand, China said that anyone using, selling or buying Opium would be put to death. Simple as that, but the British's technology and army was too strong for China. Therefore Britain won the war. Also China was made to legalize the imports of Opium. China still had their money problem, so it was difficult to supply their soldiers with enough weapons.
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