1840年爆发的中英鸦片战争,是外国资本主义开始入侵中国,和中国人民反抗外国侵略者的斗争。鸦片战争前,英国殖民主义者,想在中国先找个落脚点,作为政治、经济、军事、文化渗透的基点。早在乾隆五十八年(1793),英政府派马戛尔尼率使团来华,在晋见乾隆帝时,要求割让、租借舟山岛或定海城,被清帝拒绝。在清廷严禁鸦片时,英国殖民主 The Sino-British Opium War that erupted in 1840 was a battle between foreign capitalism invaded China and the Chinese people against foreign aggressors. Before the Opium War, the British colonialists wanted to find a foothold in China as a starting point for political, economic, military and cultural infiltration. As early as fifty-eight years of Qianlong (1793), the British government dispatched Macartney to visit China. During his visit to Qianlong Emperor, he asked for ceasing and renting Zhoushan Island or Dinghai City and was rejected by the Qing Emperor. In the Qing court opium, the British colonial Lord