HISB58H3 Lecture : GASB58- Class 5.docx
Document Summary
Simultaneous movement in korea and other parts of the colonial world. One factor that lead to the taiping rebellion would be the aftermath of the 1st opium war. Leader: hong xiuquan had a dream about god and jesus christ, believed that he was the brother of. Jesus christ, believed that he should overthrow the demons (the manchus) Jan 11, 1851: uprising in jintian of guangxi province, founded taiping tianguo (heavenly kingdom of. Sept. 1851: captured yong"an and established a collective leadership and military organization. April 1852: marched north in dec 1852, entered the city of yuezhou ; captured hankou in dec. 1852 and wuchang in jan 1853; anqing in feb 1853, and nanjing in march 1853. May 1853 and 1856: won a series of victories and took control of a huge chunk of jiangsu , anhui , Henan , shanxi , zhili , hubei , hunan , jiangxi .
