The Ultimate Reason for the Failure of Lord Macartney's 1793

question 46

Multiple Choice

The ultimate reason for the failure of Lord Macartney's 1793 mission to China was that

• A) the British had nothing the Chinese really needed.
• B) the British had brought inadequate gifts.
• C) Macartney failed to bow to the emperor.
• D) the British seemed uncivilized.

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