How did the Opium War affect China?

Question

1. closed most of China to European merchants and goods
2. ended the European drug trade in China and India
3. forced China to accept unflavored trades terms with Western year Nations
4. undermined us efforts to obtain trading at rights in East Asia

Answer 1

5. weakened China's economy and led to social and political instability
6. increased Western imperialist influence and control over China
7. sparked anti-Western and anti-imperialist movements in China
8. led to the signing of unequal treaties that granted extraterritorial rights to Western powers in China
9. resulted in territorial losses for China, as it had to cede Hong Kong to Britain after the war.