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
You might also like to view...
Which of these resulted from the division of the Roman Empire?
A) the eastern half disintegrated B) the eastern half grew stronger C) both halves declined rapidly D) the west remained stronger than the east
The market place and civic center of the polis was called an ________
Fill in the blank with correct word.
The most important manufacturing enterprise in colonial America in the eighteenth century was
a. iron making. b. arms and munitions production. c. lumbering. d. rum distilling. e. making clothes.
As the nobility became better defined as a class
A) it guaranteed all of its members a high standard of living. B) vassalage, including fief-holding, became widespread. C) it soon came to constitute about half the population. D) it developed an extraordinary uniformity throughout Europe. E) primogeniture was abandoned.