During its signing, one man was surprised at its brevity, prompting John Robert Morrison to ask Colonel Malcolm to make sure everything had been read.
During its signing, one man was surprised at its brevity, prompting John Robert Morrison to ask Colonel Malcolm to make sure everything had been read. A codicil granted extraterritoriality and most favored nation status and was known as the Treaty of the Bogue. Signed on the (*) H.M.S Cornwallis, its signatories included Elepoo, Qiying, and Niujian for one side, and Sir Henry Pottinger for the other, though it would later be confirmed by the Daoguang Emperor and Queen Victoria. It opened up five ports for trade and ended a conflict triggered by Lord Palmerston's search for compensation for a certain commodity. For 10 points, name this "unequal" treaty that ended the First Opium War.
During its signing, one man was surprised at its brevity, prompting John Robert Morrison to ask Colonel Malcolm to make sure everything had been read.
Treaty of {Nanking}