How did the British opium trade impact China in the early 1800s? A) China's opium production began to fall behind that of rival opium producer, India. B) China lost its favorable balance of trade as silver began flowing out of the country China entered into a period of wealth as the British demand for opium steadily increased D China's government quickly halted the importation of opium to prevent harm to its citizens. The Opium Wars were a series of 19th Century conflicts fought MAINLY between

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1. three hundred fifty texans massacred goliad 2. the president who annexed texas tyler 3. a mission used as a fort san jacinto 4. dictator of mexico sam houston 5. texas william travis 6. commander of the texas army lone star republic 7. where santa anna was captured stephen austin 8. brought more than two thousand people to texas alamo 9. texan commander of the alamo santa anna

Ron works for a large american company that is thinking about buying another large company. before the deal is announced, ron writes an article for the paper that tells all of the details of the possible business deal. ron's boss fires him for giving secret company information to the public. why is ron's company allowed to fire him without violating his "freedom of speech" rights? a. companies are fully protected by free speech laws. b. ron's boss was not born in america. c. newspapers do not count as speeches because they are written. d. ron's company has a right to protect its interests. the answer is d