The Opium Wars (1839-42, 1856-60) of the mid-nineteenth century between Great Britain and China left China in debt. a large uptick in Chinese immigrants entered the United States to join the California Gold Rush. Violence soon broke out between white miners and the new arrivals, much of it racially charged. In May 1852, California imposed a Foreign Miners Tax of $3 month meant to target Chinese miners, and crime and violence escalated.
Explanation:It was meant to curb the influx of Chinese immigrants to the United States, particularly California, The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization
