Writing ideas: You can write The Opium War in Modern History. From the late18th century, Britain transported a large amount of opium to China for sale, which endangered the health of people in China. 1842 August, the first unequal treaty "treaty of nanking" was signed, and so on.

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"Opium", commonly known as "great smoke", is an addictive drug. From the late18th century, Britain shipped a large amount of opium to China for sale, which damaged the health of the people in China and plundered a lot of wealth of the people in China. The import of opium has brought a heavy disaster to the people of China and aroused strong resistance from the people of China.

The import of opium in large quantities is very harmful. By 1835, more than 2 million people in China had smoked opium. Because opium is expensive and addictive, thousands of people in China went bankrupt.

The Opium War made China lose its independent status and gradually became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, but it was also the beginning of the modern history of China. He ended the decadent feudal society and laid the foundation for a group of passionate young people in China to build a socialist society.

The Opium War should not have happened. At first, the heroes who experienced the glorious revolution carried out overseas trade on the basis of strong strength and constantly expanded their own strength. Naturally, they also noticed that China is a country with a large population. After all, China once had a third of the world's population.

When I first came here, I sold some industrial products, but at that time, the population exploded and every household was facing the invasion of hunger. Anyone with some money will spend it on the cutting edge and have no spare money to buy these useless novelty things. Not only can't they be sold, but the British can't help buying things like tea and porcelain. In addition, the Qing Dynasty closed its doors to the outside world and had to pay heavy taxes, which made Britain not only unable to make money in China, but also lost some money, which made Britain very angry.

Later, in order to reverse the trade deficit, Britain thought of a way-opium. Now we all know that opium is a kind of drug, which will make people have a strong dependence, and Britain has taken a fancy to this. At first, they gave opium to ignorant China civilians for free. Alas, they smoked once, which was quite exciting. It was passed from person to person and brought to China. As soon as the effect was achieved, the British began to ask for money. China people have smoked cigarettes for so long, so it is impossible to say that they will stop smoking at once, so they have to pay for opium.

The Qing government was not happy when it saw it. Britain smuggled opium, and they didn't receive tax money; Seeing that the national treasury of the Qing Dynasty did not increase but decreased, the quality of the people generally became lower, and the Qing government, which had always been incompetent, had to take action. That's right. Next, Lin Zexu and Humen, who are well known to women and children, destroyed opium, so I won't go into details in this paragraph. In short, it is very popular.

But the British side was furious, and China actually banned him from making money. They did not hesitate to send troops to China. On the way, although Lin Zexu and Deng Yanzhen fought to the death, China was influenced by opium, and his physique was weak. Coupled with the advanced firearms in Britain, China was lucky enough to win a small victory with the weather, and the rest were defeated.

Britain has been killing all the way along the coast to Nanjing. At first glance, the Qing government couldn't beat it, but it came to the door again, so it was forced to negotiate and sign the first unequal treaty-treaty of nanking. Of course, we should cede the land and pay compensation. Of course, the loss is not particularly large, unlike the Tianjin Treaty and the Beijing Treaty, which are all hundreds of millions. This is another story, not to mention it for the time being.

At this point, the Qing dynasty became a feudal dynasty in name only. Of course, this is also caused by its corruption, which is further illustrated by Eight-Nation Alliance's aggression against China.

On the other hand, we should remember this shame and our mission, and build a better China without forgetting your initiative.