d. failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain. -
ANSWER Lord Macartney's trip to Beijing in 1793
a. resulted in his being refused permission to go to the capital.
b. created a scandal because Macartney tried to sell opium to local businessmen.
c. was the primary action leading to the fall of the Qing.
d. failed, as the Chinese government did not want additional trade with Britain.
e. succeeded in obtaining Hong Kong for Great Britain.
d. shipped large amounts of opium into China at a massive profit. - ANSWER To try to
increase trade profits in China, the British
a. seized Taiwan as their first Chinese "colony" in 1827.
b. had Lords Macartney and Amherst successfully negotiate broadened British trading
rights with the Chinese.
c. invaded China in 1816 and took control of all south China seaports.
d. shipped large amounts of opium into China at a massive profit.
, e. replaced the Chinese imperial government with a pro-Western democratic
government.
d. The British used Chinese objections to opium importation as a pretext to unilaterally
invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade. - ANSWER 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 objections 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.
c. gave Britain control of Hong Kong. - ANSWER 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.
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