HIST 80b Study Guide - Final Guide: Heungseon Daewongun, Donghak Peasant Revolution, Donghak
9 May 2017
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In the 1860s, korea had a shift in the bloodline that resulted in king gojong entering power. The new young king"s father, heungseon daewongun, became regent and was blamed by historians for korea"s closed and relatively less modern state. Queen min succeeded gojong"s father in a position similar to regent. She was viewed as smart and influential along with being anti-japanese. She installed the coup that removed heungseon from power. The donghak movement was initially an intellectual movement against japanese encroachment in korea that evolved into a peasant rebellion, the donghak rebellion. King gojong who asked the japanese and chinese for aid in suppressing the rebellion. Chinese sent few troops while the japanese used this as an excuse for invasion which resulted in the sino-japanese war for control over korea. The result of the war was the treaty of. Shimonoseki, which forced korea to sever its ties from china. Japanese to declare himself emperor, thereby severing ties with china.
