Diplomatically, President Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb in Japan may have been partially motivated by his desire to limit the involvement of the Soviet Union in the Pacific War.
President Harry Truman, was the 33rd President of the United States of America, who was in office during World War II, when he decided to use atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The main motivation for the attack was to get back on Japan after the Pearl Harbor attack, but some may argue that it was also a demonstration of power to drive other nations away from combat with the United States.
Answer: Their rivalry with Britain and the Enlightenment ideas of the population
Explanation:
The French and the British were rivals at the time of the American revolution especially after the culmination of the Seven Year War which saw the British emerge as Europe's strongest naval and colonial power. France therefore wanted to weaken the British and their influence and so saw the American Revolution as a way to do so.
At the same time, the common population of France also supported the revolution because they were believers in the ideas of Enlightenment which called for the liberty and freedom of all men. With the support of both the people and the Government, France was therefore made a very likely candidate for foreign aid to the Patriots.
The Revolution was quite expensive for France however and was one of the reason the monarchy was overthrown a some years after the Revolution.
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During the time.............................. appealing compromise because it MAINTAINS STATE TRADITIONS WHILE CREATING A STRONG NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO HANDLE COMMON PROBLEMS.
Under federalism, the state government take care of the issues arising in the state while the federal government sees to the issues that affect all the states.
Correct items that apply:
- The British gained control of Hong Kong.
- British citizens were granted immunity from Chinese laws.
- Chinese would pay the British for losses in the war.
- China would open five ports for foreign trade.
So, the only incorrect item in that list was "The British lost to the Chinese." The British did not lose -- they won and imposed the various conditions listed above.
<u>Further context/detail on the First Opium War (1839-1842)</u>
Britain had been trying to gain trade access to China as part of its imperial ambitions. They found a product they could get Chinese people to buy -- the drug, opium. The Chinese government vehemently opposed this illegal trading the British were carrying on, and the First Opium War resulted. The British won and imposed the Treaty of Nanking on China in 1842, which compelled China to open its doors more widely to foreign trade. The United States followed up in 1844 with The Treaty of Wangxia, which gave the US access to trade in China.
From 1850 to 1860, conflict continued between the British and the Chinese in the Second Opium War, again with Britain prevailing and forcing China to open trade rules still further.
