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Widespread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late-1800s resulted in a Congressional law to prohibit any further Chinese immigration.
Relatively poor, rural Europeans immigrated to industrial cities of the United States.
The discoveries of diamonds in 1867 and gold in 1886 in South Africa increased Europeans interest in colonizing the continent
Europeans brought much of the world under their influence and control beginning in the year 1914.Europeans brought much of the world under their influence and control beginning in the late 1800s.
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the portuguese
Antarctica, in the 1800s, was the last continent to be discovered by Europeans.
They didn't the Europeans attacked the Chinese The Chinese were rallied and attacked by the Europeans in 1861.
The Chinese thought that the Europeans were barbarians who were worst than the Manchurians and the Mongolians who were also barbarians in the eyes of the Chinese. Europeans had to bow down to the Chinese when they wanted to trade with the Chinese. The Chinese however did not abuse their power on the Europeans because the Chinese saw themselves as the "Middle Kingdom" and believed that all other nations and people in the world will eventually adopt the Chinese ways. The Chinese don't shove their culture down other people's throats. I would say that the Chinese thinking was arrogance and vanity at its best.Source: Prelude to Opium War Qing DynastyThe Chinese thought that the Europeans were barbarians
The Portuguese wanted to buy silk and porcelain from the Chinese. However, the Europeans' textiles and worked metals were not as well made as those of the Chinese. Because of this, the Chinese forced traders to pay in gold and silver.
Widespread anti-Chinese sentiment in the late-1800s resulted in a Congressional law to prohibit any further Chinese immigration.
Europeans and Americans both wanted Chinese silk. They also craved their expensive tea.
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they, didn't the Chinese did.
Trade networks kept Europeans from controlling the sources of trade items such as gold and ivory.
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