First Continental Congress, I believe
In 139 B.C.E., the Chinese emperor dispatched Zhang Qian to central Asia to seek allies against the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu were a large confederation of Eurasian nomads who dominated the Asian Steppe.
Considerable investments in agriculture have enabled China's farmers to produce high volumes of staple crops, allowing the country to achieve a roughly one-to-one ratio of production and consumption of grains.
The action that is most closely associated with totalitarian governments is (3) engaging in censorship and propaganda campaigns. A totalitarian government controls all aspect of public and private life in the country over which they rule. Examples of governments like this were the Nazi Regime, Italian Fascism and Soviet Communist Rule.
Cotton gins, battery, cars, radio
