First Opium War
Brittany Campbell
Silk Road Trading RoutesLink for British Expansionism- first 2 minutes only neededhttp://www.the-map-as-history.com/demos/tome05/index.php
Trading Tactics
Free Trade– Britain-Trade without the interference of
the governmentTrade Tribute -Central Kingdom- China
-paying tribute/monetary or other to show respect
-Thought they were Central Kingdom in the world.
Commissioner Lin of China, published 1848 Queen Victoria of England, published 1887
Do the Letter from Commissioner Lin to Queen Victoria Activity
Actual Letter from Commissioner Lin to Queen Victoria
Destroying Chinese War Junks, by E. Duncan (1843).
Opium Den
Lord Palmerstone, British Foreign Secretary.Declared war on China for the compensation of the opium destroyed!