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.
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segregation and prejudice
Explanation:
first, they wanted a written constitution of rights
then, it would set limits on the power of the government
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Explanation:
Geographic and economic factors that influenced westward movement
Population growth in the eastern states.
Availability of cheap, fertile land.
Economic opportunity, e.g., gold (California Gold Rush), logging, farming, freedom (for runaway slaves)
