... The Opium War of 1839-42 was short and one-sided' due to the superiority of European weapons' which came as a complete surprise to the Chinese. In the first skirmish alone, in July 1839, two British warships defeated twenty-nine Chinese ships. On land, the Chinese and their medieval weapons were no match for British troops armed with state-of-the-art muskets. By the middle of 1842 British troops had seized Hong Kong, taken control of the key river deltas. and occupied Shanghai and several other cities. The Chinese were forced to sign a peace treaty that granted Hong Kong to the British, opened five ports for the free trade of all goods, and required the payment of reparations to the British in silver, including compensation for the opium that had been destroyed by Commissioner Lin... - Tom Standage 35. What was an immediate result of the Opium War described in this passage? a. Signing the Treaty of Nanking b. Forming the Guomindang c. Beginning the Boxer Rebellion d. Organizing the Taiping Rebellion

... The Opium War of 1839-42 was short and one-sided' due to the superiority of European weapons' which came as a complete surprise to the Chinese. In the first skirmish alone, in July 1839, two British warships defeated twenty-nine Chinese ships. On land, the Chinese and their medieval weapons were no match for British troops armed with state-of-the-art muskets. By the middle of 1842 British troops had seized Hong Kong, taken control of the key river deltas. and occupied Shanghai and several other cities. The Chinese were forced to sign a peace treaty that granted Hong Kong to the British, opened five ports for the free trade of all goods, and required the payment of reparations to the British in silver, including compensation for the opium that had been destroyed by Commissioner Lin... - Tom Standage 35. What was an immediate result of the Opium War described in this passage? a. Signing the Treaty of Nanking b. Forming the Guomindang c. Beginning the Boxer Rebellion d. Organizing the Taiping Rebellion