Question

To try to increase trade profits in China, the British Group of answer choices had Lord Macartney successfully negotiate broadened British trading rights with the Chinese. invaded China in 1816 and took control of all south China seaports. shipped large amounts of opium into China at a massive profit. replaced the Chinese imperial government with a pro-Western democratic government.
A) True
B) False

Answer 1

Answer:

A

Explanation:

In the early 19th century, British traders centred on the illegal importation of opium into China from India as a means of paying for the British purchases of tea and silk. The British used Chinese objections to opium importation as a pretext to

invade China and forcibly open it to Western trade. Chinese attempts to halt the opium trade, which had caused social and economic disruption, started the first Opium War (1839–42) between Britain and China. Britain’s victory in this conflict forced the Chinese create five treaty ports in which foreigners could live and work outside Chinese legal jurisdiction, trading with whomever they pleased.