What Were the Internal and External Pressures That Bore on the Qing

question 19

Essay

What were the internal and external pressures that bore on the Qing rulers as China began to experience closer contact with the West? How effective were their responses in both the short term and the long term,and why?

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Definitions:

Energized

A state in which an electrical component or circuit has power supplied to it and is operational.

TOF Timer

A type of PLC timer that measures the "Time-Off-Fall" or the time it takes for a signal to turn from on to off.

Retentive

Memory or functions in a control system that retain their value or state even after the system is powered down or rebooted.