How_britain_went_to_war_with_china_over_opium Info

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].

The war ended in 1842 with a decisive British victory. The resulting was the first of the "Unequal Treaties" [1, 3]: how_britain_went_to_war_with_china_over_opium

In 1839, the Daoguang Emperor appointed to end the opium trade [1, 5]. Lin took drastic measures: He wrote a famous letter to Queen Victoria