The Opium Wars

The ''Opium Wars'' was basically a drug war. When opium first came to China it was used as a medicine. But then in the 1700's the British introduced China to mixing opium with tobacco so it could be smoked. And at this time China was famous for green tea. So basically ''The Opium Wars'' was just China trading their gold and their silver for opium which they later found out was a horrible deal. They were called ''The Opium Wars'' because the main focus of the war was for the British to get the chinese to give up all their gold and silver for opium. The Chinese won the wars.