History 1601E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Positio, American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions, Empress Dowager Cixi

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1601E
• Professor: Cary Takagaki

Document Summary

Jan 11, 1851, hong declares himself the king. Qing troops sent to put down the rebellion. March 1853 taiping capture nanjing, the qing auxiliary capital where their establish their headquarters. Success due to anti-manchu feelings and a messianic ideological army. Private ownership of land abolished; money held in common treasury. Civil service exams based on christian ideas open to both men & women(women did not have the access through exams based on confucius idea) Opium-smoking, use of tobacco, wine & prostitution, footbinding, sale of slaves, gambling and polygamy were all prohibited. Taiping abolished private ownership pf land and communal utilization of land implemented. 1855: taiping head north to the qing court. 30-40 million die (most due to plague & famine) More than 100 armed rebellions follow in china from 1840 to 1850. Oct 8, 1856, chinese police and 60 chinese soldiers board the british ship, arrow (p321)