Historical details of the late Qing Dynasty

The first Opium War (1840) started the late Qing Dynasty, and the ruling power of the Qing Dynasty began to decline. Western powers forced the Qing court to sign unequal treaties and gain benefits in China by force. The Second Opium War further deepened the crisis in Qing Dynasty.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the invasion of western capitalism deepened, and the rural natural economy, which feudal rulers ruled, began to collapse. At the same time, with the establishment of China factory and the development of Westernization Movement, national capitalism appeared in China.

Faced with the double pressure at home and abroad, all classes under the rule of the Qing Dynasty began to resist and explore, and the peasant class launched the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and the Boxer Movement, which dealt a heavy blow to the forces of the Qing Dynasty and western powers.

At the same time, the introduction of western science and culture into China led to a series of reforms and revolutions such as the Westernization Movement in the Qing Dynasty, which promoted the growth and innovation of China culture. The failure of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 dealt a heavy blow to the reform efforts, and made the great powers carve up China.

The reform movement ended in conservative resistance. After the Boxer Rebellion failed and attracted Eight-Nation Alliance, the Qing court also carried out the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Although some achievements have been made, some contents have disappointed many intellectuals and turned to support the revolution. In the past 300 years, the country's wealth has been exhausted.

191110 The Revolution of 1911 broke out, the revolutionary storm swept across the country, and the rule of the Qing Dynasty collapsed rapidly. On February 12 of the following year, the Emperor Puyi of Xuan Tong was forced to issue a letter of abdication, ending the 268-year rule of the Qing government since 1644 entered the customs.

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Reasons for the demise of the Qing Dynasty:

1, the root cause: by the end of the feudal dynasty, fatigue had appeared. Although there are prosperous times, it is just a glowing lamp. At this time, the mainstream of the times is capitalism, so the replacement of feudal society is an inevitable historical event.

2. Politics: the darkness and decay of the Qing government. Its representative figure is Cixi, who even celebrated her birthday, making the military expenditure of the new army a gift for her. This also led to the joke that our fleet didn't even have shells during the Sino-Japanese War.

3. Economy: Self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy restricts social development and progress. The commodity economy has been suppressed. Leading to backward economic development. When all countries in the world completed the industrial revolution, China was still a natural economy with men plowing and women weaving.

4. Culture: The imperial examination system, stereotyped writing of scholars, restricted people's thinking and led to backward technology.

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