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History II – Price
Pre-AP World
Opium War Webquest
Directions: Explore the National Army Museum’s website about China’s Opium War and
complete the questions below. The website link is: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/opium-war1839-1842
Intro
1. During what years did the first Opium War happen? 1839 and 1842
2. What was the impact of the British victory during the Opium War? It opened the lucrative
Opium and tea
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Chinese trade o British merchants
3. What were the main causes of the opium war between Britain and China? Trades and that the
Chinese would not buy British products
4. What trade goods did British merchants want from China? Tea, silks, and porcelain
5. What was the only item the Chinese would accept as payment for Chinese goods? Silver
6. How did the British use opium sales to their advantage over China? They would sell opium for
silver to buy more goods
Chinese resistance
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7. Why was opium valued by the Chinese? It was viewed as a medicine to ease pain
8. How was opium changing Chinese society? Millions became addicts
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9. What did the Chinese government do to British stocks of opium at the city of canton? They
forced the superintendent to hand over the opium stocks
Opening up China
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10. How were Chinese and British officials upset with one another? The British thought that the
Chinese were being uncooperative and the Chinese were suspicious and refused to enter into full
diplomatic relations
Naval engagements
11. What city did the British start evacuating people from in November 1839? Canton
Forts captured
12. What were some of Lord Palmerston’s demands upon the Chinese government?
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Compensation and the ranting of an island off the coast for use as a trading station
13. How did the British respond to the Chinese refusal of British demands? The captured the
Bogue forts of Chuenpi and Tycocktow
Truce
14. What did Chinese Admiral Kuan Ti agree to give the British in January 1841? Hong Kong as a
British territory
British demands
15. After the Chinese refused to give up, what river did the British army use to advance into
China? Pearl River
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16. Why did the British decide to continue the war, even after china offered £60,000 in
reparations? He wanted compensation for the opium confiscated and the cost of the war, the
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opening of further ports to international trade and the establishment of diplomatic relations
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17. Why do you think the British were able to easily defeat the Chinese armies? They probably
had better equipment
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Assault on Chapu
18. What type of weapon did the British use to defeat and set fire to Chinese defenses? Rockets
Victory
19. Why did the Chinese government sue for peace in 1842? Because of the possibility of a
British assault on Nanking
Free trade
20. What type of trade were the Chinese forced to do after the treaty of Nanking? Free trade and
the trade in opium
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21. What city was China forced to give to Britain? Hong Kong
22. How many Chinese cities were forced to be open to trade? 5 cities
23. What was one of the causes of the Taiping rebellion? The ease with which the British had
defeated the Chinese armies seriously affected the Qing dynasty’s prestige
24. What is something new or interesting you learned about the Opium War? That the British
acquired the city Hong Kong
25. How do you think China felt after the defeat to Britain during the opium war? Explain! They
probably felt embarrassed due to the fact that it was easy for the British to defeat them and that
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they had to now do free trade with them
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