Answer: China had decided not to modernize and industrialize
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The Sino-Japanese War (the first one, carried out between 1894 and 1895), was a conflict between Japan and China for the supremacy over Korea (which for a long time was the most important client state for China). This war meant the rise of Japan as a great world power by showing the weakness of the Chinese empire (specifically the Qing dynasty).
The war was formally declared on August 1, 1894, with favorable predictions for China by foreign observers, because China had more people to fight. However, the Japanese surprised to be better equipped and prepared, after having successfully modernized.
That is why after more than six months of uninterrupted successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the Weihaiwei port by China, the Qing government sued for peace in February 1895.
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The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. The quota provided immigration visas to two percent of the total number of people of each nationality in the United States as of the 1890 national census.
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In November 1907, an assembly of leading Buddhist monks, government officials, and heads of important families was held to end the moribund 300-year-old dual system of government and to establish a new absolute monarchy. Ugyen Wangchuck was elected its first hereditary Druk Gyalpo
Answer: B. gradually lost control over its own economy.
Explanation:
As the British continually traded with the Mughal empire, they began to exert more and more control over the economy like they did in China. They used this to push for favorable terms in trade for the British above other European countries like Holland.
This eventually culminated with the British simply conquering the Mughal empire and taking over India and its surrounding areas through the use of the British East India Company which was the principal company controlling trade.
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C-As a tomb for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal
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