Opium Trade and the Chinese Response

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Why did Lin Zexu write to Queen Victoria?

  • To ask for more opium to be sent to China
  • To request British intervention to stop the opium trade (correct)
  • To offer Chinese goods in exchange for opium
  • To negotiate a trade deal with Britain

What did the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 require the Chinese to do?

  • Allow unrestricted British opium trade
  • Increase taxes on imported British goods
  • Grant extraterritoriality to Chinese traders
  • Give up the island of Hong Kong (correct)

How did the Chinese react when British refused to stop the opium trade?

  • They blockaded a foreign area in Guangzhou (correct)
  • They appealed to other Western countries for help
  • They sanctioned British traders
  • They increased opium production in China

What practice allowed Europeans in China to live under their home country's laws?

<p>Extraterritoriality (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Qing Dynasty agree to limit in the Treaty of Nanjing?

<p>Imported British goods (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the British respond to the Chinese blockade in Guangzhou?

<p>They declared war on China (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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