The Second Great Awakening, spread religion through revivals and emotional preaching, sparked a number of reform movements.
Opium--China had many products wanted by Britain but wanted nothing in return. Great Britain introduced opium to even the trade.
When Great Britain began trading directly with China they purchased tea, silk, porcelain, and other Chinese goods. However, China wanted nothing in return so Great Britain had to pay cash and never saw the cash return. Great Britain had access to opium in their Indian colony and introduced it to the Chinese people creating a demand for a British good in addition to an addiction crisis in China. This would result in the Opium War between China and Great Britain.
Answer: Christians believe Jesus was spat on, cut, humiliated, kicked, striped and finally hung up on the cross to endure a slow and painful death. According, to Christian belief, the original sin of Adam and Eve of eating from the forbidden tree was so great that God could not forgive it by simply willing it, rather it was necessary to erase it with the blood of a sinless, innocent Jesus.
