During the Taiping Rebellion, the peasants rebelled. It was mostly a civil war which killed scores of people (twenty million people approximately). The movement was a millenarian movement (meaning it occurred because of religious ideology). The movement was led by Hong Xiuquan who claimed he was Jesus' younger brother. Hong Xiuquan wanted to instill social reforms such as collective property, equality for women and replacing Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist and Chinese folk religion with Christianity.
the Big brother policy was an extension of the Monroe doctrine formulated by James g Blaine in the 1880s that aimed to Rally Latin American Nations behind us leadership and open their market to us traders Blaine served as secretary of State in 1881 under President James a Garfield.
The Bear Flag Revolt was a direct result of a yearning among United States citizens living in California to have their territory join the United States. The appearance in the territory by American army officer John C. Fremont spurred these citizens to rise up against Mexican rule.
He convinced the French and Spanish to reestablish missions in east texas after the failures of the late 1600s...Spain closed all of its missions and presidios except those at San Antonio and La Bahia.
