The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars were between the British and the Chinese people. The Chinese wanted the British to stop sending opium into their country because it was killing and ruining the country. The British on the other hand did not want to stop sending opium to the Chinese because they were making money out of selling the drug. The British won the war because they were more advanced than the Chinese. The British had ships with cannons and gunboats. Most of the war was in the sea but the British deafeated the chinese easily.