A. Investigation Plan The purpose of this investigation is to establish the extent to which the actions of Captain Charles Elliot, the Kowloon Incident of July 1839, led to the First Opium War. To assess this, the research will focus on the Kowloon Incident, the interests and actions of Guangzhou Commissioner Lin Zexu and the British Superintendent of Trade in China, Charles Elliot, the Chinese legal system and the issue of extraterritoriality. The investigation will rely on books as sources, such as The Opium Wars: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China by Julia Lovell and The Opium War Through Chinese Eyes by Arthur Waley. They will be evaluated for their origins, purposes, limitations and values. Word Count: 132B. Evidence Summary Kowloon Incident: - Ships carrying opium to Macau sailed forty miles northeast to Hong Kong Harbor for better protection. - Safe for the Bogue (entrance to the Canton riverways). - Chinese warship arrested British ship's buyer (Carnatic) and sailors plotted revenge. - July 1839: 30 British and American sailors got blindly drunk on fortified rice wine (samshu), destroyed a temple, and fought with local farmers in Jianshazui .- Lin Weixi died the next day due to severe beatings.- Embittered Chinese-English relations. Elliot's decisions:- Elliot is quick to distribute bribes to the family, for the killer's evidence, to the villagers and to the government .- August 17: Elliot says that, in obedience to the Queen's instructions, he could not hand over anyone, but if he were found, he would be executed.- Lin replied that his Sovereign 'is myriads of leagues away' and it was impossible to receive an answer in such a short time. - He blamed the American sailors, who were also present. This complication… half the paper… had no power to control, where five out of six men were guilty of violence. They were freed when they were sent back to England. Lin was aware of the nonsense that Elliot was putting up and even refused to allow government officials to witness the trial. Word count: 667E. ConclusionCaptain Charles Elliot acted according to his nation's interests regarding the Kowloon Incident, responding to several decisions made by Commissioner Lin Zexu. The Chinese were very particular about the justice of the Lin Weixi case. This surrounded Elliot in a war situation, as Commissioner Lin limited their supplies, had no escape from the ruthlessness of the Chinese legal system, and was not granted the benefit of extraterritoriality. That's why on September 4, Captain Smith, with Elliot's permission, fired the first shots of the First Opium War., 1839.