1. Trade imbalance with Great Britain, which led to Opium imports into China, which the Chinese tried to ban but failed. This led to the Opium Wars.
2. An outcome of the Opium wars was British victory leading to the Chinese signing unequal treaties, opening trade, giving land to the British and forcing the Chinese to pay for the war.
3. The Europeans established 'spheres of influence' in certain territories of China, leading to the Chinese fighting back, to gain independence.
1a. True
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1b. True
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Instead, starting in the late 18th century, a series of innovations shifted textile production to a new factory system. And cotton led the way. As a result of the Industrial Revolution, cotton became the world's most important non-food agricultural<span> product and so it remains to this day.</span>
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