1. Identify how China was before being conquered.
Very powerful and if someone wanted to trade with china the only thing they could trade was gold or silver because the Chinese either had that thing or could make it better than anyone else.
2. Explain the downfall of the Chinese government before the Europeans took over.
They had population growth. Too many mouths to feed and not enough farmers to farm that food.
Corruption of the government. One person was able to steal almost a billion dollars in over 30 years. The Chinese instead of making police guard the money made everyone pay higher taxes which the people didn't like. The Opium war. England was importing Opium to China. A highly addictive drug that the Chinese spent a lot of money for. After the Chinese banned opium the English still sent a lot oif opium in a ship and the Chinese decided to throw it into the water. The English got mad and they fought them in a battle that they won fairly easily. The Chinese also had poor weapons
3. Name the dynasty that controlled China before the Europeans took over.
The Manchu Dynasty
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