HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sun Yat-Sen, Unequal Treaty, Lin Zexu
23 Oct 2017
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As the govt. saw a huge social problem in the southern parts, and a huge drainage of bullion, commissioner lim was given the task of destroying the opium trade. His uncompromising policy ignited a war ending in a humiliating defeat for china: opium war (1839-1842) Outraged by chinese action, british commercial agents pressed their govt. into military action to reopen the opium trade. (this conflict became known as the opium war) Britain enjoyed success against coastal cities, but china did not sue for peace. Britain decided to take the grand canal, which linked the yangzi and yellow river. 70 fast and armed shallow-draft speeders faced little resistance and by the time the. British reached the intersection, china sued for peace: unequal treaties. The series of unequal pacts that china had to sign became known as unequal treaties. (continued below) In general, these treaties legalized the opium trade, permitted the establishment of.
