Answer:
Silver was and still is a rare element that shows wealth/power. It would show neighboring countries the amount of wealth and power a certain country and or area had.
They were fearful of the power of the British government. They did not want someone to gain too much power over them once again.
Answer:
D. He was an intolerant leader who did not respect other people's beliefs.
Explanation:
Throughout Shi HuangDi's lifetime, he did may horrible things to many of the people living in China at that time, and even though he accomplished some great things like building the biggest part of the Great Wall of China, there are many accounts saying that the death toll of such a great project was more than 40,000. Other than that, he also murdered all of the scholars/teachers at the time and burned all of the books he could find. Other things he did include deporting/executing the former aristocrats/lords of the other states, and overtaxed his people.
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