Question

How was China affected by the Unequal Treaties of the 1850s and 1860s.

a. Foreign trade was limited to a handful of Chinese ports.
b. European nations forced the Kung-Hung to disband.
c. France assumed control of the city of Kowloon for 99 years.
d. China fell under the complete control of foreign countries.

Answer 1

The unequal treaties gutted China's economy and undermined the forces of the State. With the First Opium War (1839-1842) the British were the first foreign power to force China into an "unequal treaty" China was compelled to give her most favored nation status and was unofficially able to trade using Opium

Answer 2

D. China fell under the complete control of foreign countries