New Imperialism Question
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Which of the following best explains why the British turned to trading opium in China?
- Firsthand experience supplying mass opium addiction in the thirteen colonies proved the profitability of the trade
- British merchants could find no other commodity the Chinese needed
- Successful expansion of the opium trade in India provided a model for replication
- Imperialist designs for direct rule in China would be more easily attainable over a population pacified by narcotics
- British monarchs wanted to share the benefits of widespread medical and recreational use of opium they had experienced in British society with the Chinese