The Opium Wars
The Opium wars were started because Britian refused to stop the shipment of Opium to China. The China leader felt that the drug was destroying their country. China was attacked by the British and many of the cities on the coast were destroyed. So, Britian won the war becuase their weapons were more advanced. The wars were called the Opium wars because it was basically over Opium.
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