Opium Wars

The Opium Wars was started by imperialism. The British wanted The Chinese's tea, but the Chinese wanted to be independent and did not want to sell it to them. The British offered the Chinese Opium, which is a used to make drugs. The Chinese agreed to trade only with Britain and no other western country. They got addicted to the drug and did not want it from Britain anymore. China then went to fight Britain but most of their money wan on the drug, plus Britain had better technology so the British won the war.