Throughout history, China was exploited abusively by Europeans, mainly by England in Century XIX. This exploitation was very profound because local elites supported this domination by basing themselves on the Confucian philosophy, which preached respect for the hierarchy and the past, maintaining the traditional structures of existing privileges
Fueled by the game-changing use of steam power, the Industrial Revolution began in Britain and spread to the rest of the world, including the United States, by the 1830s and '40s.
