The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars were started after the Chinese Government banned the Europeans from bringing the opium into their country. The Opium Wars were the Europeans way to enter China. With the opium the Europeans traded the people of China opium for their natural resources(tea). They got the Chinese addicted to the opium so that they would be dependent on them. The opium comes from the Popeye plant and comes from the family of heroin, morphine, codein, mescalun, and opium. These drugs are know as the opiates.

The Opium Wars were between China and England. The British won the war effortlessly because of the fact that they had better weapons and were more advanced than the Chinese. The Chinese were using swords while the British had guns and cannons and were kill the Chinese by 10s or 15s. The Europeans won the war easily and were able to capture China. China was now a colony of the Brits and they were able to shape China however they pleased

Film Lessons: "Mountians Of The Moon"

Getting to the middle of Africa for the Europeans was not easy. The Nile, the biggest river in the world was the reason for their curiosity. Some of the problems that the Europeans encountered while trying to enter the middle of Africa, trying to find the source of the Nile. The problems were that the could face local tribes and get into conflict with them. Another problem was that the middle of Africa was unknown and undiscovered. They also had to cross the Sahara Desert which was often difficult. So they now went form the east of Africa into the middle of Africa. There were also diseases such as malaria and other but there were also betrayers from the peddlers that the Europeans hired. The animals were also a problem because animals like the lions and tigers attacked them.

At the end the source of the Nile was found, Lake Victoria. This lake was named after the British Queen. This is a little strange because the people living there never bothered to change the name of the lake. This is weird because that is one of the constant reminders that Africa was once a colony of the Europeans. The explorer that named Lake Victoria was John Speke. He was also accompanied by Richard Burton. Later on the Europeans eventualy got into Africa and captured the African people. This was not that hard for them because the Europeans had guns and a cure for malaria. The African had nothing. They only had spears.