Because Britain wanted to expand its manufactured goods market. In the eighteenth century, Britain traded English wool and Indian cotton for Chinese tea and textiles; however, when the Chinese demand weakened, Britain demanded other means of attracting trade with China. Britain realized it could make up the trade deficit with China by selling Indian opium into the Chinese market, making opium the most profitable and popular crop in world markets.
NATO or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is a military alliance formed in 1949 as a mutual defense treaty of its member countries against external attacks. It was initially formed to counter the military capabilities of the USSR. It currently has 28 member countries from North America and Europe.
The Warsaw Pact was the Soviet Union's response to NATO, and was formed in 1955. It is also a mutual defense agreement among 8 member countries in the Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
The Lieutenant Governor is the highest officer in a state after the State Governor. Out of 50 state government of the United States, 45 states have the Lieutenant Governor. The Lieutenant Governor takes place of the Governor after the demise, resigning, or removal of the governor.
The role of the Lieutenant Governor is similar to that of the Vice President. Just like the Vice President, the Lieutenant Governor is the presiding officer after the governor.
So, correct answer is C.
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The result was that the British Parliament passed the 1764 Currency Act which forbade the colonies from issuing paper currency. This made it even more difficult for colonists to pay their debts and taxes. Soon after Parliament passed the Currency Act, Prime Minister Grenville proposed a Stamp Tax.
World War 1 or First World War was known as the Great War or "The war to end all wars", before the beginning of the Second World War.
The principal countries involved in this war were Russia, France, Britain, Italy and the United States of America in one side, and Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey on the other side, forming two opposed alliances: The Allies and the Central Powers.
This war began because of a Serbian nationalist, who killed Archduke Ferdinand, heir of the Austrian throne. Because of this act of terrorism, a great war started, and that come to be known as the major European conflict in a hundred thousand years.
