Answer:
the foreign exploitation of their territory and resources
Explanation:
The Chinese people were struggling for several centuries, especially after they fell under the rule of the Manchu. The Manchu rulers were of different ethnic group, and they didn't had in their best interest the Chinese identity and unity, but the opposite. These rulers also allowed the European colonial powers to bribe them, and with it to be granted the best Chinese ports and the area surrounding them. This led to economic downfall of China, as the profit from the trade through their ports was going in the European pockets, and their natural resources were used, but the Chinese people were not getting anything from it. This led to revolt, and gradually to revival of the nationalism in China. The people started to unite for their common interest, and to work together for their best interest.
The right answer is the increase of agricultural output, the Ming dinasty ruled China for almost 300 years (1368-1644) and enjoyed stability and prosperity, reforming the government and making more efficient use of the land, one of the things that made this increase possible was taxes, what excludes the third option. As for the first option, Ming government persecuted to some extent Christian and Muslims communities, and for the fourth, Tokugawa was a dinastic government in Japan, not China.
Best answer for filling in that blank: EQUALITY
Freedom means that individuals have liberty to have their own beliefs, their own lives, without being controlled or dominated by the government or by others in the country who have different beliefs.
Equality means each individual is to have the same rights within the country, so that there is equal justice for all citizens. Every person is to be treated the same way under the laws of the land.
Note that the French Revolution also took up these themes of liberty and equality, to which they added also "fraternity" (brotherhood) as a third ideal for the government and nation they wished to form.
Answer:
A. the passage of the Homestead Act
Explanation:
The homestead act encouraged Americans to move west in hopes of success through landownership.
