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.
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False, this was a major flaw in wartime funding in the civil war.
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The most important cause of the French Revolution was arguably the unfair system of collection of taxes between the Three Estates; the obligations of the Third Estate and the fact that they had no money to upgrade their position, especially if they were peasants
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as I move to the right on a horizontal number line, the values get larger. These numbers are called positive numbers because they are greater than zero. Notice the curved arrow is pointing to the right to show a positive direction.
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