Question

Which of the following best explains the purpose of Lin Zexu’s letter to Queen Victoria?

a
A request to create a more balanced trade relationship between Britain and China
b
A plea for the importation of only necessary household goods into China
c
A demand for the British to stop importing opium into China
d
A threat to stop all trade with Europe if certain demands were not met

Answer 1

Campaign to suppress opium. Soon after his arrival in Guangdong Province in the middle of 1839, Lin wrote a memorial to Queen Victoria in the form of an open letter published in Canton, urging her to end the opium trade.

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