What do you know about Thomas Paine?

Otto von bismarck once said that a great war might someday be caused by some damed foolish thing in the balkans was he right, explain

What was the most significant result of the opium wars? a. china’s navy was exposed as incompetent. b. china could no longer impose tariffs. c. they increased britain’s influence in china. d. they decreased europe’s influence in china.

Why was the united states motivated to establish the open door policy? a. the policy guaranteed american commerce with china. b. the policy supported the chinese nationalist cause. c. the policy led to a gain of american colonies in asia. d. the policy claimed damages from the chinese.