Despite the opium outlaw, the British continued to bring the drug into China. This resulted in the Opium Wars which lasted from 1839-1842. The possibility of war was threatened by Lin (leader of China) during the early 1830's when he wrote a letter to Queen Victoria. However, Britain did not see this as a threat and ended up easily defeating the Chinese due to their strong naval forces. The Treaty of Nanjing ends the Opium Wars and results in China losing Hong Kong.
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With new found resources, more people wanted to join the sciences and arts. With that much resources into science, what we knew exploded into so much more.
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B. The United States became more respected; Americans were proud of their country.
The War of 1812 was a fight between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. The United States didn't have great relations with the other European countries because of the wars among them. By winning a war with the UK, the United States got much more respect from the other countries. Americans were proud of their country and were able to leave aside the existing differences since England seized the original colonies from the Netherlands in 1659.
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Japan's only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible. Japan wanted to move into the Dutch East Indies and Malaya to conquer territories that could provide important natural resources such as oil and rubber.
War between Japan and the United States had been a possibility that each nation's military forces planned for in the 1920s, though real tension did not begin until the 1931 invasion of Manchuria by Japan.
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