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    The Qing Dynasty was built by the Manchus to designate their regime in Manchus, ( now known as the Northeast ). 1644 the Chinese at Beijing was captured by the rebel leader Li Zicheng, and serious Ming dynasty officials called on the Manchus for help.The Manchus took advantage of the opportunity to claim the capital and made their own dynasty in China. By adopting the Ming way of government and continuing to employ Ming officials the Manchus pacified the control over the administration, however

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    The Qing dynasty of China, which began in 1644, was seen as very isolationist and wary of foreign trade and imports. However, the Europeans were very interested in developing two-way trade with China. Europeans had to pay directly in silver for the porcelain, silk, spices, and tea they imported from China. This was a significant stress on the European economy, which was already strained from internal tensions. In the early 1700’s the Portuguese introduced a new form of smoke-able opium to China

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    as the Qing Dynasty. It is also this dynasty that the modern Chinese started. Around the 18th century, the Qing was at its height. However, by the start of the 19th century until the early 20th century, the Qing Dynasty started going downhill with domestic political and foreign policy problems. Within the nation, there were continuation and changes to the traditional Confucian system; Furthermore, there were rebellions due to foreign competitions that lead to the end of the Qing Dynasty. The

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    19th century essentially made the Qing Dynasty into a puppet state through various means. Economically, many of the foreign powers were violating the Qing's dynastic sovereignty through the use of the opium trade (Green). Some Foreigners powers had imperialistic intentions to acquire land from China through land leases These leases essentially made the Qing Empire a weakened state at the mercy of the foreign powers with the unfair treaties. Culturally, the Qing was at the mercy of the foreign missionaries

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    The Boxers throughout the length of the Rebellion aimed to influence and enforce their views upon the Chinese people and the ruling Qing dynasty. This group, comprised primarily of adolescents from Northern China, aimed to rid their country from economic manipulation, political invasion, the influence of foreign ideas and to eradicate Christianity from China. These aims were conveyed through a series of significant actions performed between 1899 and 1901 which included those such as: attacks on Chinese

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    The primary cause of the fall of the Qing dynasty was British merchants smuggling opium into China. British merchants smuggled opium across the border and gave free samples to unsuspecting citizens eventually getting ten percent of China’s population addicted. High levels of homelessness contributed to opium’s appeal because it made users feel less hungry, less stressed, and happier. Opium affected every strata of Chinese society, from the addicts, their families, co-workers, and parents. Eventually

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    The Mughal, Qing and Ottoman dynasties all had taken rule over multi-ethnic agrarian Eurasian empires in the duration of the 17th and 18th century. All empires respectively faced enormous political, economic and social transformations which challenged and set hindrance to their rule in the 19th century. The Ottoman and Qing and Mughal empires had been 3 of probably the greatest empires to have ruled in history. Nevertheless, they'd many similarities in addition to differences. The empires went through

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    looking incredibly bleak. The Qing Monarchs are bartering away most of China’s power to foreign nations in an effort to keep the crown. The peasant folk are held down by a ruling upper-class due to the use of feudalism. Before the events of this movie take place, the Qing dynasty fails to stop England from selling opium within China. The reason China had lost the opium wars was because the Qing dynasty had done an incredibly poor job at modernizing China. The Qing dynasty is also forced to give away

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    authoritarian government system. They would have what they call Dynasties. Dynasties were families that were given the right to rule China for as long as they wish. That is of course if they could meet the needs of the Mandate of Heaven. The Mandate of Heaven is basically a task that a dynasty is given while ruling China. If the country of China is not satisfied with their work, they shall be dethroned as a dynasty as a whole. The dynasties have all been in a repeating circle. There are 4 stages of this

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    What Is The Qing Dynasty

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    The Qing dynasty, officially the Great Qing (English /tʃɪŋ/), also called the Qing Empire by itself or the Manchu dynasty by foreigners, was the last imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming dynasty and succeeded by the Republic of China. The Qing multi-cultural empire lasted almost three centuries and formed the territorial base for the modern Chinese state. The dynasty was founded by the Jurchen Aisin Gioro clan

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