opium war

during the opium war the british firepower was strong.
the british started giving a drug called the opium to china.
the opium was very attacted to the chinese.
it was britians destiny to get tea from china. since tea didnt grow in britian much, they needed chinas tea. in the opium war there was alot of back to back attacks from china and britian.

Mountains of the moon

Some of the hardships that Europeans faced as they explored Africa was getting on other peoples land and finding food.