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penza

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The Opium War
 
  a. finally forced China to cease selling opium in India and Singapore.
  b. was ended by the Treaty of Taiwan.
  c. gave Britain control of Hong Kong.
  d. ended with a British defeat.
  e. gave China the right to sell opium in India.

Question 2

Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the nature of the Opium War?
 
  a. It was begun, and won, by China.
  b. The Chinese began hostilities as the only means available to them to stop the opium trade of the British.
  c. Philippine smugglers used the war to monopolize the Chinese opium trade.
  d. The British used Chinese objection to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade.
  e. The war was a competitive confrontation between the Western colonialist nations to determine which would be the most successful at flooding China with opium.



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31809pancho

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

d




penza

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Reply 2 on: Jul 4, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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:D TYSM

 

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