Interactive Notebook Setup 4/2/2018 Qing Dynasty Politics and Culture This will be one page
Rise of the Manchus Methods of Securing/Legitimizing Power Manchu/Han Relations
Rise of the Manchus By the late 1500s the Ming Dynasty had numerous issues facing the empires Major issues included: Environmental issues due to Little Ice Age and earthquakes Weak leaderships Expensive war with Japan Monetary crisis due to silver inflation Inability to effectively collect taxes Regular peasant rebellions
Rise of the Manchus Manchus were a small group of agricultural and herding people from Manchuria They have both Turkish and Mongol ancestors This group invaded the Ming Dynasty in 1644, successfully establishing the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty Also known as the Manchu Dynasty Last Dynasty of China Were foreign rulers, causing the people to be unhappy Unlike Mongols, they learned from Chinese ideas and adopted Confucius ideas
Rise of the Manchus Began slowly taking control of China by after they won loyalty of former Ming politicians and military leaders The Manchus established their capital in Beijing
Rise of the Manchus As the Mongols had done in the 1300s, the Manchus took a Chinese name for their dynasty, the Qing dynasty The Qing would rule for more than 260 years The Manchu expanded China’s borders to include Taiwan, Chinese Central Asia, Mongolia, and Tibet
Rise of the Manchus Many Chinese resisted rule by the non-Chinese Manchus and rebellions flared up periodically for the first few decades of the Qing rule The Manchu were able to slowly earn the people’s respect This was largely due to the fact that the Manchu adopted Chinese culture and governmental practices
Rise of the Manchus The Manchu upheld China’s traditional Confucian beliefs and social structures The Manchu made the country’s frontiers safe and restored China’s prosperity after the problematic years at the end of the Ming Dynasty
Rise of the Manchus The introduction of new American crops like corn & sweet potatoes led to a dramatic increase in the Chinese population The sharp rise in the number of Chinese peasants would lead to competition for land & peasant uprisings