What were the results of the result of the Taiping rebellion?

Answer 1

The Taiping Rebellion in China was one of the bloodiest conflicts in history. It was a "fourteen-year struggle to overthrow the Qing dynasty and establish a messianic Christian theocracy" (Newsinger par. 4). It was headed by a man named Hong Xiuquan who came to believe he was Jesus' younger brother. The goal of these "God Worshippers" was to set up a Heavenly Kingdom on earth. But how did a "Christian revolution" come about in China? As we will see, there are a number of factors that planted the seeds for this revolution. Due to the unequal trade, administrative inefficiency, over-taxation, increasing population, and famine of nineteenth century China, the Chinese population, especially the Hakka, became increasingly receptive to new ideas from Christian missionaries which eventually led to insurrection.

One of the major causes of the Taiping Rebellion was the significant increase of foreign imports, especially that of opium. Western capitalistic powers, like Britain and America, were looking to China as a potential market to sell their goods. Due to this, China was under tremendous pressure to "change its policy from one of seclusion to one of participation in world economy" (Teng 24). However, China imported far more than it exported which damaged the nation's economy. For example, "imported foreign textiles usurped the place of Chinese native-made cotton goods, and drove handicraft productions out of the market" (Compilation 3). Chinese vendors could not compete with the goods imported from overseas. And because the vendors could no longer sell their products, there was less demand for the resources to manufacture them. This resulted in a large percentage of the population either losing their jobs, or declaring bankruptcy (Compilation 4). But the import that did the greatest damage to the Chinese economy was opium. "In the nineteenth century [,] the imports of opium increased yearly [,] and between 1831 and 1834 the Chinese people spent over 20 million taels annually on opium. This was equal to nearly half of the total national revenue each year" (Teng 28). The little money the people did have was spent on a drug that created a strong addiction. And when the money ran out, people often resorted to violence to satisfy that addiction. So, the foreign traders were basically extorting the Chinese people by selling them an addictive drug during which time the Chinese were experiencing a financial disaster.

Answer 2

The Taiping Rebellion was a huge civil wars that is known as the worldâ??s bloodiest war. It is estimated 20 million people died during the war. It was led by Hong Xiuquan who believed he was Jesusâ?? younger brother against the Qing Dynasty. He established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom which did away with Confucianism and Buddhism and replaced them with their form of Christianity.

Answer 3

the serious natural disasters between 1846 to 1850.

the rule of the feudal is corrupt and incompetent .