Taiping Rebellion

Megan Yang History-Dr. K When Hong Xiuquan converted to Christianity in 1843 and began preaching from village to village in southern China, little did he know that he had started a religious movement that, by 1850, would have more than thirty-thousand members.1 These members, who called themselves the “Society of God Worshippers,” consisted primarily of poor and disenfranchised Chinese peasants who suffered greatly from the oppression of the Manchu dynasty.2 It was their discontent with the Manchu

Throughout history, rebellions and revolutions shaped societies and created better conditions for the people of those societies. The Taiping Rebellion and the French Revolution successfully shaped their societies by means of political and social reforms. They were both influenced to later achieve their unique successes because of a multitude of pushing factors, such as the existing social and political conditions of China and France. Natural disasters, breaking away from tradition, and China 's

The Qing Dynasty led by the Manchus was in midst of a chaotic time from 1850 to 1864. The Taiping Rebellion was one of the rebellions the dynasty had to face against during this time period, however this rebellion almost caused the dynasty to collapse. One of the contributing factors that helped the Manchu led dynasty stayed in power in China was an American mercenary turned Chinese commander, Frederick Townsend Ward. Frederick T. Ward was a man of questionable motives as many historians have wrote

The Taiping Rebellion and Indian Mutiny were both revolts caused by Britain's actions, motivated by their wish to control international trade in stride towards their Imperialistic goals of globalizing their trade network to maximize profit and control. As information was gathered on Southeast Asia, Britain became increasingly interested by the potential value of native goods. With the additional help of developing technology at the time, Britain was able to gain control via despotism. The imperialistic

The Taiping Rebellion occurred in China during the 19th century, specifically during the time period of 1850-1864. It is cited as being the largest and most successful rebellion that occurred during the 19th century. The two forces that were a part of this rebellion were the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, also known as the Hakka’s, and the Qing dynasty, also known as the Manchus. The main cause of the rebellion was that Hong Xiuquan, a Hakka and the main leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, received

and thick belt who had told him to come back to Earth and eradicate the demons on Earth”, said Jonathan Fenby, who has written history of modern China, about the man Hong Xiuquan. The Taiping Rebellion (1850 - 1864) was one of the bloodiest civil wars in China, with an estimated death toll of over twenty million. Taiping rebels wanted to bring down the Ch'ing dynasty (also known as the Qing, or Manchu Dynasty), because they used the country’s gold and silver as they wished and did not care much for

The several movies portrayed in this course were very helpful in understanding Asian history. In my opinion, these movies were helpful in the way that they introduced the fundamental basic history about how the wars shaped the outcome of Korea and China. These movies were helpful because they provided an overall consideration of the different perspectives of the wars. In the movie The Warlords, we gained knowledge about the Manchu government’s perspective and in the movie The Front Line, we gained

event except WWII. This event was called the Taiping Rebellion, it was started by Hong Xiuquan an educated man in the southern province of Guangxi, in a time when China was a weak point after the end of the first Opium War. During this time of uncertainty the Qing Dynasty was on the edge of collapsing, six decades before it actually did fall. Many events attributed the start, continuation and end of this so called civil war. The Taiping Rebellion came at a time when China was at a low point.

creation of their own state, Taiping Tianguo (Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace), in the Guiping district of Guangxi” (Gale). The Taiping Tianguo was under the rule of Hong Xiuquan as he crowned himself king. In 1853 the Taiping Rebellion took over Nanjing and settled there, however the inability to reach Hong Xiuquan’s utopia in Nanjing caused him to lose focus and enjoy the pleasures of his palace instead of gaining more followers. Without Hong Xiuquan leading, the Taiping rebellion came to their end in

Jonah Noel December 3, 2016 The “opening” of Japan and China; A love story Throughout history, dozens of countries have adopted isolationist policies on countless different occasions. For example, in the United States in the 1930’s, many Americans felt that amidst the Great Depression, the government should focus its efforts on solving problems at home before intervening in international affairs. Furthermore, today, totalitarian dictators often isolate their countries in order to consolidate their