Answer:In February 1840 the British government decided to launch a military expedition, and Elliot and his cousin, George (later Sir George) Elliot, were appointed joint plenipotentiaries to China (though the latter, in poor health, resigned in November). In June, 16 British warships arrived in Hong Kong and sailed northward to the mouth of the Bei River to press China with their demands. Charles Elliot entered into negotiations with the Chinese, and, although an agreement was reached in January 1841, it was not acceptable to either government. In May 1841 the British attacked the walled city of Guangzhou (Canton) and received a ransom of $6 million, which provoked a counterattack on the part of the Cantonese. This was the beginning of a continuing conflict between the British and the Cantonese.
Explanation:
They were supposed to meet the French Foreign Minister,Charles Maurice de Telleyrand, instead he sent three agents Jean-Conrad Hottinguer, Pierre Bellamy and Lucien Hauteval to negotiate a bribe of 50,000 pounds and a loan to the French government before negotiations could begin.
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Armistice- a truce or moment of peace during a war.
Reparations- payments made by the losing nation to make up for damages from a war.
Disarmament- removing arms, troops, and military capability from a country.
Provision- A condition that is required by a treaty or law.
There are many explanations. One is that it caused many wars because countries wanted to take the resources and food of other republics who were good at agriculture. Another is that it brought the rise of things like oppression and inequality. People started getting enslaved as prisoners of war while women were often considered inferior because they couldn't be as efficient at farming because physical strength. Also, it brought separations into classes based on wealth and also gender based division with men being the "strong bread winners" while women were just "housewives", since they couldn't work on the land as strongly as men. And it also made people shorter, weaker and changed nature. People stopped getting a nutritious diet because they kept eating the same food. While hunters and gatherers would have meat, fruit, vegetables and grain.
