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Five "treaty ports" (including Shanghai and Canton) were opened to British trade [2, 3].

This conflict marked the beginning of China's "Century of Humiliation" and set the stage for the Second Opium War a decade later [3, 6]. AI responses may include mistakes. Learn more how_britain_went_to_war_with_china_over_opium

The war ended in 1842 with a decisive British victory. The resulting was the first of the "Unequal Treaties" [1, 3]: Five "treaty ports" (including Shanghai and Canton) were

He seized and destroyed over (roughly 1,200 tons) [1, 5]. The Outbreak of War Learn more The war ended in 1842 with

Silver began flowing out of China to pay for the drug, crippling the Chinese economy [2, 6]. The Breaking Point: Commissioner Lin Zexu

He wrote a famous letter to Queen Victoria appealing to her morality (which she likely never saw) [4, 5]. He blockaded foreign merchants in Canton [1, 3].