Why was the development of iron working important to civilizations?
It was important because it help strengthen the civilization. They could created farming tools and weapons to protect themselves. They also could use it for architecture. <span />
The Declaratory Act gave parliament the right to have complete control over the colonies. I quote from the act "in all cases whatsoever" meaning regardless of the situation, Parliament had and reserved the right.
The major cause of the opium war was the high demand of opium in China. During this time, China and Great Britain were having some issues regarding the trades. Instead of paying silver, Great Britain had traded opium with China.
Because of this, Great Britain was able to pull of several treaties that allowed them to expand their trades in China and they were also able to have Hong Kong.
Because of these, China was forced to embargo some of the Opium Shipments and burn the opium coming in and out of the country. This event had angered Britain and thus, Opium War occurred
Peasants were clearnly not satisfied with Emperor Nianhao, the seventh emperor from the Ming Dynasty. The Taiping Rebellion was the biggest rebellion in China.
The statement that best characterizes President Lincoln's Reconstruction goals would be that "<span>He wanted to reunite the nation without imposing harsh conditions on the South," since he knew that punishment would only delay the reunification of the nation. </span>