Answer:
c .lowered wages and cut jobs
According some authors which discuss this theme there were some factors as:
1) At the middle of 1850 the Chinese were still under British rule and the conditions were very difficult.
2) The devastation of southern Chinese by the taiping rebellion. This destroyed the rural economy and killed more than twenty millions people.
3) The gold was discovered in California in 1848. It produced a big immigrations at the final of century 17th.
The Battle of Thermopylae was part of the Second Persian War. Wanting to avenge the Battle of Marathon loss, Xerxes of Persia sent an army to fight 300 <span>Spartans, Helots, and northern city-state soldiers, defeating them after three days.</span><span> The Spartan army was led by King Leonidas. The Spartans were victorious for the first 2 days of battle despite being outnumbered by the Persians. The Spartans lost after a betrayal by one of their own who revealed a secret path behind the Greek lines.</span>
B. they believed the government was more powerful than the states
