The Opium Wars

During the Opium wars the Chinese and the British were trading goods for each other . The British wanted the tea that the Chinese had but they refused so the British gave them opium so they can get addicted to it and they can trade the opium for tea. When the Chinese emperor figured out opium was addictive and killing off the population they decided to end opium trade and the British got upset and decided to attack the Chinese people. The Chinese lost the first opium war because of their lack in modern weapons and technology and they were unaware of the British surprise attack. They signed the treaty of Nanjing and that was what led to the seond opium war.

Some hardships that the Europeans faced during their expedition through Africa is that they were attacked by tribes that existed in the dessert area and many bugs like mosquito's that would malaria. In the film John Speke was being bit by bugs and one crawled into his ear. Lake Victoria is named after a British queen because it was founded by two British men John Speke and Richard Burden. Africa was easily conquered because the Europeans established automatic weapons like machine guns and the African people was still using spears and that's how they were able to conquer the Africans so easily.