It was factory system assembly because then they had lots of companies that would make weapons for them
Through extracting gold and silver from mines in their own country or from colonial land, as well as selling more than it bought from other countries, the mercantilists believed they could leverage the trade to the benefit of the national wealth of their country. Mercantilism's basic principle was that a nation's strength came from its wealth, so, therefore, making themselves exporters of products or goods gave them that competitive advantage over other nations.
During the Taiping Rebellion, the peasants rebelled. It was mostly a civil war which killed scores of people. The movement was a millenarian movement. that just means that 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.
