The British took this as a personal offense. How did Western powers gain greater trading rights with China? Western powers began to make unequal treaties with China. The first treaty was after the first Opium war, TREATY of NANJING (China had to open 5 ports, one of which included Canton).
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A group of farmers from the south organized what was called as the Farmer's alliance. They tried to get legislation passed which would help agricultural workers and farmers because they believed that the east coast was just a bunch of elites who were into politics from the money. When they failed, they decided to organize a party which became the Populist party.
