The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars was really a British war between China during the years 1839 - 1842. During the Opium Wars the British forced the chinese through warfare to grow opium, so that the British could make lots of money, selling it around the world. They deliberately created the conditions for addiction, amongst the poor in China, to keep them subject to the monarchy. The Opium Wars was call the Opium Wars because Opium was the main drug that was being transported in, and out of China. The British won over the War because they had alot of manpower, to fight both on land and sea.