Question

How did great Britain find a way to gain power in China and shift the balance if trade?

a.) Britain refused to import silk, porcelain, and tea from China

b.) Britain decided to ban all drug trade to China (nice)

c.) Britain established many new trade agreements with China

d.) Britain began smuggling illegal drugs into China (even better)

Answer 1

c.) Britain established many new trade agreements with China

Answer 2

The correct answer is C) Britain established many new trade agreements with China,

Britain found a way to gain power in China and shift the balance of trade in that Britain established many new trade agreements with China.

During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Great Britain exported opium to China. Opium grew in India, and Britain sent it to merchants in China. Britain and China became good trade partners and established new agreements that benefited both. China exported to Britain goods such as porcelain, Tea, and Silk. People in Europe were able to pay good money for those three products coming from China.