Why were American commercial interests connected to Hawaii?
A) fishing and whaling
B) tropical fruit production and canning
C) trade with China
D) sugar production
D
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A) ideal of domesticity B) religion of the state C) public trials of witches D) magic of humanists
Rajahs were the leaders of __________
A) farming communities B) small kingdoms C) large empires D) villages
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842?
A) Britain gained control of the island of Hong Kong. B) British merchants gained the right to conduct the opium trade unimpeded. C) Chinese ports were open to foreign trade and residence. D) Christian missionaries were permitted to come into China. E) Japan gained control of the island of Taiwan.