When Lin Tze-hsu, the imperial commissioner in 1839, went to confiscate almost 20,000 chests of opium from the British, a naval confrontation occurred, marking the beginning of the Opium Wars. These tragedies eventually ended in China admitting defeat and signing the unfair trade treaties proposed by the…
The people who made majority of the decisions in the First Opium Wars were the EIC, Emperor Daoguang, Commissioner Lin Zexu and Captain Charles Elliot. The emperor Daoguang ordered Lin to the city of Canton in Southeast Asia with explicit instructions to arrest and execute anyone smuggling or benefiting from the opium epidemic. When Lin started fulfilling out these duties, the circumstances taken place, led to the EIC sending Charles Elliot to Canton for negation purposes regarding trade, merchants, and war. Both Lin and Elliot were replaced at different times during the war and were assigned replacements. The emperor ended up removing Lin from Canton due to rising conflict with the British replacing him with Qishan to be in charge of negations.…
During the 1800s Great Britain had been illegally transporting opium into china. The trade grew dramatically from about 1820 and later.v the resulting addiction was causing serious social and economic disruption in china. After that china tried to prevent the illegal trade but great britain continued to import opium into china sometimes using force.…
During the Civil War, morphine was found to have pain-killing properties and soon became the main ingredient in several patent medicines. In the late 19th century, marijuana and cocaine were put to various medicinal uses -- marijuana to treat migraines, rheumatism and insomnia, and cocaine to treat sinusitis, hay fever and chronic fatigue. All of these drugs were also used recreationally, and cocaine, in particular, was a common ingredient in wines and soda pop -- including Coca Cola.2 Prior to 1890, laws concerning opiates were strictly imposed on a local city or state-by-state basis. One of the first was in San Francisco in 1875 where it became illegal to smoke opium only in opium dens, which mainly effected the Chinese population. It did not ban the sale, import or use otherwise, and surreptitiously did not apply to white upper-class users, who preferred to use morphine intravenously.…
In the late 1700’s, British merchants began making profits from the Chinese by selling the Chinese opium, a drug grown in India. Silver, which was a Chinese form of payment, flowed out of China in exchange for opium, disrupting the economy. The Chinese government outlawed the trading of opium with Britain, but the British refused and continued trading, insisting on the right of free trade. In 1839, the Chinese started the Opium War, a war between British and Chinese warships over the right to trade opium. The British gunboats, which were equipped with modern firepower, defeated the Chinese who had outdated weapons and fighting styles.…
Gunpowder is one of the monumental chinese inventions that changed the world. It changed the world by chinese militaries being able to take advantage of the weapons they had, to control their land. To this day gunpowder is still being used in modern weapons. In conclusion, gunpowder was the most known chinese invention that was ever…
In the U.S, President Richard Nixon declared war on drugs, in 1971. This was due to the increase of demand coming from the United States and from the certain and bulk supply coming from various regions, but especially Latin America. The focus of Nixon was not only domestic drug abuse but it was also looking at the international level concerning the source of the problem and the drug trafficking industry. His successor, Ronald Reagan, focused more on changing the US’s foreign policy to crush the problem of illegal drugs, in all its forms.…
The war on drugs dates back to the stone ages where people would drink the left overs from stone age pots. Four thousand years ago opium was discovered by the Sumerians and they began to use this drug as a spiritual ritual. In 2737 BC, a Chinese emperor discovered marijuana and it became known for medicinal purposes only but the people used it for personal use to get the feeling it gave them. Then about eight hundred years ago Mexicans began to use marijuana for religious reasons and soon after they began to pay miners for their work with the leaves from coca plant . During the 1700’s to 1900’s King George started persuading leaders of America to plant hemp seeds in hopes of growing a profitable textile and rope business.…
Great Britain and China have a long history together with economic, religious, and political interactions. From 1792 to 1900, Great Britain had been interacting with trade, but Great Britain had been limited to the Forbidden City. China eventually went into isolation and began to separate itself completely until Great Britain had shown its Industrial Superiority in the 1800s. Another thing that sparked in the 1800 was the Opium war which severely affected Chinese and British relation. British abuse of China’s economic system and constant refusal to stop, sparked this war to start.…
Native American history Name Course Institution Tutor Date 1. Who were the Earliest People in North America according to archeologists? 1. The First Nations 2.…
Introduction Opiates are derived from opium and encompass a broad range of drugs such as morphine, heroin, and fentanyl among others. Over time, opioid addiction has primarily affected the various population groups in the US. The substances should be used in the medical profession to relieve pain, boost physical and mental energy and lessen anxiety. However, unmonitored use of the materials for both prescribed and nonmedical use has resulted into tolerance and addiction. Opiate dependence makes the drug users need more of the substance in large quantities and frequently to enable them to sustain their effects, a factor which increases the severity of withdrawal (Khantzian 1263).…
“The people and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.” This quote by Mao is key to understanding Chinese Communist Party (CCP) thought, especially during the Chinese Civil War and the war of liberation from the Japanese. These events were key to the CCP’s eventual victory over the nationalists. They were key not only in terms of military victories, but in persuading the Chinese people that the CCP cared for them far more than the “authoritarian” nationalist. And that a nationalist China would lead to the return of imperialism and misery for a majority of peasants.…
China banned the drug and threatened a penalty of death to those who attempted to bring it in. In 1839, Commissioner Lin Zexu of the Qing Dynasty wrote a letter of warning to Queen Victoria on behalf of the Chinese government. This was a very strongly worded letter, with such lines as “Let us ask? Where is your conscience? I have heard that the smoking of opium is very strictly forbidden by your country; that is because the harm caused by opium is clearly understood.…
The war on alcohol and on drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and opium were efforts to restore social control. In the face of changing demographics and rising social insecurity, prohibitionists campaigned for federal laws to fight against the liquor trade and narcotics and eradicate the social ills they believed the substances caused. Social class, ethnicity, race, and religious struggles shaped the passage of laws prohibiting alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, and opium use. For alcohol, a variety of factors such widespread disrespect for the law and vigilante enforcers combined to weaken support for prohibition in a way that has not yet happened for cocaine, marijuana, and opium. Many forces, such as racial tensions and desire to remedy social ills,…
History There is no exact date when and where the opium poppy was first cultivated. The history of opium goes way back to 3400 B.C., the opium poppy was cultivated in lower Mesopotamia. Opium was initially used by Egyptians and Persians, ultimately spreading…