what are the causes of the opium wars
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two armed conflicts in China in the mid-19th century between the forces of Western countries and of the Qing dynasty, which ruled China from 1644 to 1911/12. The first Opium War (1839–42) was fought between China and Britain, and the second Opium War (1856–60), also known as the Arrow War or the Anglo-French War in China, was fought by Britain and France against China. In each case the foreign powers were victorious and gained commercial privileges and legal and territorial concessions in China. The conflicts marked the start of the era of unequal treaties and other inroads on Qing sovereignty that helped weaken and ultimately topple the dynasty in favour of republican China in the early 20th century.

second Opium War battleBattle scene of a British assault during the Second Opium War (or Arrow War; 1856–60); undated illustration.Public Domain
Opium Wars
QUICK FACTS
DATE
1856 - 1860
1839 - 1842
TIMELINE
Timeline of the First Opium War
Timeline of the Second Opium War (Arrow War)
LOCATION
Guangzhou
China
Jiangsu
Guangdong
Beijing
PARTICIPANTS
China
Qing dynasty
France
United Kingdom
KEY PEOPLE
Charles-Guillaume-Marie-Apollinaire-Antoine Cousin-Montauban, count de Palikao
Charles George Gordon
Sir Hugh Gough
Lin Zexu
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
Daoguang
MAJOR EVENTS
Treaty of Nanjing
First Opium War
Arrow War
RELATED TOPICS
British Supplementary Treaty of the Bogue
Canton system
Opium trade
Treaty port
Unequal treaty
DID YOU KNOW?
China was not only a major power in the East under the Qing but also a wealthy country and a major exporter of luxury goods prior to the Opium Wars.
Under the Canton Trade System, which regulated foreign access to China before the Opium Wars, foreign merchants were restricted to one port of access and were subjected to Chinese regulations while in the country.
The Opium Wars were actually quite small; the British side of the First Opium War fought with only twenty naval vessels and fewer than five thousand troops.
The First Opium War

Learn about the first and second Opium Wars between China and Great Britain in the mid-1800sQuestions and answers about the Opium Wars.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.See all videos for this article
The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there. In spring 1839 the Chinese government confiscated and destroyed more than 20,000 chests of opium—some 1,400 tons of the drug—that were warehoused at Canton (Guangzhou) by British merchants. The antagonism between the two sides increased in July when some drunken British sailors killed a Chinese villager. The British government, which did not wish its subjects to be tried in the Chinese legal system, refused to turn the accused men over to the Chinese courts.
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