Opium Wars

Friedrich Sertürner in 1817. Because of the pain relief effects of the opium poppy, many chemists were attempting in the decade beforehand to extract what was later to be called morphine. With the extraction of morphine also was a milestone as it was the first alkaloid to be isolated. Since its discovery its use has become widespread both as a painkiller, for its recreational effects, and was once thought to be a cure for opium and alcohol addiction(CITATION). Though it has been shown to have…

The Chinese military was thoroughly unprepared for the war and was unable to defeat the technologically superior British forces and was forced to surrender in 1842. The Qing was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing, which marked the beginning of the treaty system as the Chinese had to negotiate with a foreign…

Enterprising imperial nations had been plundering China as early as the 16th century, desiring the silk, tea, and porcelain that China possessed. By the Age of Imperialism, China was too weak to repel the onslaught of European powers competing for her resources. Britain, France, Russia, and later Japan and other nations, vied with each other for control of China’s wealth. China had been so weakened by centuries of exploitation that European interlopers wrote their own rules and forced the…

trade in the history of Sino-European relations from Yuan times to the Opium Wars Trade is often a form of national economic development, while trade can have a great influence on national relations. From Yuan to Ming, trade had a positive impact on the relationship between China and Europe, it helps to keep in good touch and promote economic development; From Qing to Opium Wars, trade was the main reason that England brought to war in China. Marco Polo as a traveler and a merchant from…

War on Drugs The war on drugs it a constant battle that we have going on in America. We are going to look at where it all started, what our government has done to stop it, what are the out come of drugs in the us, and last what are alternative solutions to help. These are going to help us get a better understanding of how the war on drugs became a priority, who put it into place, and how it is going so far for the American people. Drugs were intro discovered to the united states in the 1800’s.…

many years leading up to the First Opium War, Great Britain fully endorsed the smuggling of illegal opium into China; the goal being to increase revenues within India, and consequently of Britain itself. Despite knowing the harm that opium possessed towards the citizens of China, the possibility of substantially increasing their wealth was too good of a chance for Britain to pass up, and so they went out of their way to empower their merchants to smuggle opium into China. The…

only way to pay China back was with silver. In 1773 , Britain took over the Bengal Province in India which at the time was a large producer of opium.British decided to start using opium as a way to dismiss the trade imbalance between Britain and China. This caused opium addiction across China and in 1839 opium brought in by British ships was burned. (Sally Robertson) As we can see, morphine has been on the face of…

Abstract The History Channel’s documentary, Hooked-Opium, Morphine, and Heroin discusses these illegal drugs and how they became that way. The poppy plant has a long history of relieving pain and producing a state of euphoria. Opium, Morphine, and Heroin are all derivatives of the Papaver Somniferum (the poppy plant). Though these drugs were once legal and thought to be a miracle used to treat symptoms of many diseases, you will find that they caused addiction, harmful side effects, and even…

Committee 10 Drug Trafficking Islamic Republic of Iran ID: 405911 Position Paper Part One: Background of drug trafficking Drug trafficking in one of the most significant issues internationally. As defined by the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drug and Crime), drug trafficking is an illegal trade that involves the production, selling, distributing, and purchasing of illicit narcotics. There are 200 million illicit drug users worldwide and that number continues to grow everyday. Depending…

Political - Europe had political involvement largely with China, Latin America, and Africa, not so much with the Middle East. Within China was the Opium Wars over that also had largely to do with trade. Eventually, these wars resulted in the Treaty of Nanking that ended the war and gave Great Britain the colony of Hong Kong and increased sphere of influence. Involvement in Latin America was in regards to the vast amount of colonies had in Latin America, although many of the colonies did achieve…