1. THE OPIUM WARS

2. This is the opium poppy

3. • Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod What is opium?

4. • Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod • Narcotic What is opium?

5. • Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod • Narcotic • It’s usually smoked. What is opium?

6. • Opium is the sap from the opium poppy seed pod • Narcotic • It’s usually smoked. • Used to make morphine, demerol, methadone What is opium?

7. Most opium was grown in India and Turkey and Traded by the British East India Company

8. China had silk, tea, and porcelain. China with its 300 million people was self-sufficient.

19. TREATY PORTS TIENTSIN

22. The Dowager Empress Cuxi

29. Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997. Macao was returned in 1999.