The Causes of the 1911 Revolution

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The Causes of the 1911 Revolution

The Chinese revolution broke out in 1911 under the conflict of

manzhous which were the Qing and the revolutionaries. The revolution

broke out with the uprising of Sichuan province. The Qing government

nationalized the railway in Sichuan province. The students were

angered at the government’s action and protested on the streets for

delaying the nationalization. On August 24 1911, between the conflict

of protesters and the government troops, 32 people were killed and

many were injured. More and more people hated the Qing government as

the government shows no consideration towards the peasant’s financial

concerns. With Sun Yi Xian’s three principle of to make China free of

the rule of Manzhous and foreigners, to make China a democratic

republic, to give everyone land and a fair wage and the inconsiderable

actions of the government encouraged the people to revolute against

the Qing. The revolution was mainly caused by the internal and

external factors.

There were many internal factors that sparked off the revolution. One

of the internal factors was the Tai Ping Rebellion. During the Tai

Ping rebellion, the government was in war with the Tai Pings. As a

result, the rebellion destroyed the economy badly and caused many

internal problems of the country. Most of the country was at war and

trades were not safe to be made where economy was stroke badly since

goods were not imported or exported. There were many internal problems

caused by the rebellion which include famine, harsh peasant lives,

economy breakdown etc. These problems lasted in China as the years

passed which was one of the factors that trigg...

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... was the scramble for concessions.

After the defeat of China in the Sino-Japanese war, the foreign powers

began to demand more from China. These concessions allowed foreign

countries to establish their spheres of influence and some degree of

political or financial control that minimized Chinese government’s

power, taking over China in another way. These concessions made the

living conditions of peasants harsh as the foreign countries were

mostly in control. Therefore most of the external factors that caused

the 1911 revolution were China failed to modernize, unequal treaties

created as a result of the opium war, China’s cause of the defeat of

wars and the scramble for concessions.

In conclusion the 1911 revolution was caused by various internal and

external factors accompanied with the three principle of Sun Yi Xian.

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