Political Bosses were the leaders of the political machines, they grew wealthy because they assigned government contracts asking for favors like votes or promoting campaign on their favor, they also controlled financing of campaigns to later ask for recompense. By doing this they reached position in the local government of cities, counties and states and this way concentrated wealth around corruption.
The best answer to go with is b
Based on a book or not, I will say the answer is A because the water is most likely suitable for drinking and it will allow them to not travel as far as they used to to have obtained water.
C. TENTS MADE OF ANIMAL HIDES.
I chose this because you have to consider all things involved. If you found a small clay pot that could tell you that they were into pottery, not hunting. B. cave drawings of animals could tell you that they where hunters, but it could also mean that they were artists, either way, it's not certain that they could be hunters. C. tents made of animal hides: let's consider this . . . how would they get the hides to make the tents if they weren't hunters? D. small rock hearth I don't even know what a heart is, so I automatically scratched this answer out. So we're left with C as our only logical answer.
Answer:
Europe wanted China to get addicted so that they could gain more money from trading with China.
Explanation:
The British used the profits from the sale of opium to purchase such Chinese luxury goods as porcelain, silk, and tea, which were in great demand in the West.Opium was first introduced to China by Turkish and Arab traders in the late 6th or early 7th century CE. Taken orally to relieve tension and pain, the drug was used in limited quantities until the 17th century. At that point, the practice of smoking tobacco spread from North America to China, and opium smoking soon became popular throughout the country. Opium addiction increased, and opium importations grew rapidly during the first century of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12). By 1729 it had become such a problem that the Yongzheng emperor (ruled 1722–35) prohibited the sale and smoking of opium. That failed to hamper the trade, and in 1796 the Jiaqing emperor outlawed opium importation and cultivation. In spite of such decrees, however, the opium trade continued to flourish.Britain and other European countries undertook the opium trade because of their chronic trade imbalance with China. There was tremendous demand in Europe for Chinese tea, silks, and porcelain pottery, but there was correspondingly little demand in China for Europe’s manufactured goods and other trade items. Consequently, Europeans had to pay for Chinese products with gold or silver. The opium trade, which created a steady demand among Chinese addicts for opium imported by the West, solved this chronic trade imbalance.
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