The Opium Wars were a series of wars that took place during the mid 1800's. These wars took place over Great Brittan's right to trade with China for opium. Brittan started trading opium to the Chinese people for their goods, and after they were addicted Brittan had a lot of control over China. Eventually China made opium illegal. Brittan then bribed government officials and made an illegal opium trade. This eventually led to war, which Brittan won, because of their technological superiority.
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