The battle of Valmy was important because

A) the French army lost a battle it should have won.
B) the Prussian and Austrian armies split and fought each other.
C) the Prussian and Austrian armies were defeated for the first time in a long time.
D) a nonprofessional army of fanatical revolutionaries defeated a professional army.
E) it marked the beginning of artillery warfare.

What made the Burlingame Treaty unique?

A) It was actually a declaration of war against China.
B) It recognized the sovereignty of China.
C) It declared all of East Asia's ports to be America's sphere of influence.
D) It gave Great Britain Hong Kong.
E) It ended the Opium Wars.