The Second Opium War

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The Second Opium War

Second Opium War also known as the Arrow War or the Second Anglo-Chinese War was a war that took place between one of the China 's dynasties known as Qing dynasty and the Britain Empire . This war took place for a period of fours beginning the year 1856 to the year 1860 . One may wonder where these names (Opium and Arrow ) came from . Back in the 1800s when this war took place Britain made legal the sale of Opium which

was previously illegal . Arrow on the other hand refers to the vessel from which the conflict between Britain and China arose . This takes an in depth examination on the war how it all began , factors that largely or remotely contributed to the outbreak of the war and the consequences or the aftermath of the war (Douglas , 17-23

In the mid 1800 imperialism was on the rise . Every country especially those ion the West were looking for every possible opportunity to expand their territories . Some of the targeted goals by Western countries Britain among them included expanding their markets in overseas countries and establishing new ports . France and Britain came to an agreement that after twelve years they would go back to the table and renegotiate . One of their target areas where Britain sought to establish new markets was China . In their negotiations with China , Britain made some demands which were altering the Nanjing treaty of 1842 and this did not...