What was the significance of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?

China got what it wanted because it showed strength during negotiation.
Europeans forced the Chinese to sign it, ending the first Opium War.
It prevented further wars between China and the Europeans.
It was the cause of further discord leading to more wars.

The first opium war is also known as the Anglo-Chinese War and the war was between Great Britain and China. The government officials in china banned opium trade and threatened to kill anyone that involve in the illegal trade.

The banned didn’t go down well with Britain because the British control the trade and felt that the threat by Chinese was a threat to Britain and this led to a war between the British and the Chinese.

avantikar avantikar · Answer 2 · 2019-12-07T11:07:49+01:00

The significance of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842 was that Europeans forced the Chinese to sign it, ending the first Opium War.

Further Explanations:

The “Treaty of Nanjing” was the last treaty of the Opium war that marked the end of the war. It was signed amid Britain and China on 29th August 1842. The treaty comprises 13 clauses being ratified by the Daoguang Emperor on 27th October of which one copy was given to the British government and another to the Department of Foreign concerns of the Republic of China.

The whole conflict started when the government in china banned Opium trade and threatened to execute the culprit involved in the illegal trade. Most of the trade through Opium was under British control and they took it as a threat by Chinese that initiated the conflict amid the British and the Chinese.

The treaty led to the institution of the Crown society of “Hong Kong” which was in the authority of Britain until 1997. The formation of Hong Kong” and the intercontinental zone in Shanghai was a major development of the British policy.

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Answer Details

Grade: High school

Subject: US History

Chapter: Treaty of Nanjing

Keywords: Treaty of Nanjing, Opium war, Britain, China, Daoguang Emperor, British government, Department of Foreign concerns, Republic of China, illegal trade, Crown society, Hong Kong