It went to war with another country under the pretense that it was protecting free trade. But the real fact was that it was a drug-pushing country forcing its drug trade down a military weak but rich country.
See if you can get it right.
2006-07-12 14:59:40 · 6 answers · asked by Puzzled 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
England sold opium to China and went to war to keep this trade going.
2006-07-12 15:17:22 · answer #1 · answered by Viper 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The two wars where the Opium Wars fought with Kingdom of China in the mid 19th Century. According to Wikipedia, France sided with Britain in the second war.
2006-07-12 15:39:13 · answer #2 · answered by Ѕємι~Мαđ ŠçїєŋŧιѕТ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England /china opium wars
2006-07-12 21:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by thinking man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the British and the other country was china. its know as the opium wars...
ad there is aother side of story people dot kow.where do you thik the ritish got opium in such large volumes. the British forced Indian farmers to abandon their traditional crops and cultivate popy and bbought them at the prices they themselves fixed..this ledd to many indian farmers dying of starvations..and those who rebbeled against poppy cultivations were shot dead
2006-07-12 16:58:02 · answer #4 · answered by anoop_pattat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
England!
2006-07-12 15:02:23 · answer #5 · answered by inDmood 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was the british and chinese, 1840 and was know as the opium wars.
2006-07-12 15:02:35 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Hex Vision 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋