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  • The Opium Wars
  • VS
  • McCartney failed trade
  • The development of the opium wars
  • Throughout this storyboard, I will be explaining 5 key parts of how the opium wars began.
  • How the war went
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  • McCartney and his men came from England with many gifts in exchange for tea. With the tight language barrier and rude behavior of the men, the Emporer was shocked. This leads to no trade
  • Gunboat Diplomacy
  • The first war started when the British were furious that the Chinese thought that they were allowedto tell them what to do in China and sothey mobilized the Royal Navy for war.
  • How did Britain get Hong Kong?
  • The English were cross.
  • On July 5th, 1840, The Royal Navy bombardment by 239 the bombardment was over and the island's defenses werecompletely destroyed the British thentook the island with no furtherresistance the First Opium War had begun
  • British were unhappy to wait anymoreso in early 1841 back to fighting theBritish and were victorious at the Battle ofChimpy in ki Shannon Eliot meant todiscuss terms in late January. Eliotdemanded Hong Kong
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