<u>Thoughts I have as a free man:</u>
Years of oppression are over and finally I am a free man. For the first time in all these years in this country I feel optimistic about my future. I was forcibly taken away from my homeland at a very young age and brought to this country.
I have worked day and night on the fields of this country. Never was my work regarded or never was I treated with respect. Now I believe I will be treated with respect like every other American.
Now this is my home too. I believe I too am part of this land, the land where I have toiled for years. Now that slavery is abolished and we are granted citizenship I know that I as well as my future generations can live on this land as free people with dignity.
Answer:
Xinhai Revolution or 辛亥革命
Explanation:
There were multiple revolutions during the Qing Dynasty, such as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories, White Lotus Rebellion, Eight Trigrams uprising of 1813, Taiping Rebellion, Nian Rebellion, Du Wenxiu Rebellion, Dungan revolts, and the Boxer Rebellion. This was to be understanded - the Qing were of the Manchu tribe - not of the Han, and so the Chinese do not like them much. However, the Qing have supressed them all, until the Xinhai Revolution. There were two main reasons why they were succesful: the Qing was weak, foreign countries are all coming in and trying to get a piece of China. Another reason was their equipment was far more advanced then most other rebellions during the Qing: they had Western guns and bullets. So that was why they were so succesful.
To maintain freedom of the seas
