The Second Opium War 🇨🇳 The Burning of the Summer Palace (Chinese History)

In this video we’re taking a look at Sec Opium War of 1856-1860, this lesson also will speak about the burning of the summer palace.

➡️ The Second Opium War of 1856-1860 occurred for a large part because of the unequal treaty of Nanking that was signed after the first opium war of 1839-1842. The Qing Emperor, Xianfeng had to deal with the British Empire, France and the Taiping Rebellion being led by Hong Xiuquan.

➡️The end result was the Qing dynasty losing the war and the great tragedy that was the burning of the old summer palace.
As one of the contributing factors of the Pacific War, we’ll be exploring how the Second Opium war contributed towards the beginning of some of the biggest history of China.