Why Did The Collapse Of The Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty originated when the Ming Dynasty had fallen. Once the Manchus people

who helped the Ming regain order from rebels refused to restore Ming order and moved their

own capital to Beijing the Manchus people fled their homeland of Manchuria and traveled south

to China. This move would result in the Manchus people forming the last imperial dynasty of

China the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty ruled China from 1644 to 19111 their goal was to

restore Chinese culture and Chinese influences back to the people.

With the force of their powerful military this allowed the Qing Dynasty to be able to expanded

and consolidate the power of the state throughout China. But the massive expansion of the Qing

Dynasty only weakened

Another contributing factor to the collapse of

the Qing Dynasty was their interactions with other cultures that had been conquered by the Qing.

Internal and external influences would eventually lead to an imperial China becoming

The Qing Dynasty had influenced many other cultures in various ways, but as much influence

as they had on other cultures they were very careful of allowing outside cultures to influence the

Manchus people. They implemented a law that would not allow intermarriage between Manchus

and Chinese1. They also prohibited any travel from the people of China to Manchuria. Another

law implemented was that the Chinese’s were not allowed to learn or study the Manchurian

language. But with all these restrictions and laws the Qing still wanted to make sure the Chinese

understood who was in control as they forced all Chinese men to shave the front of their heads

and grow a Manchu-style queue as a sign of submission to the dynasty1.

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The Qing authorities also limited their contact with any foreign influence by restricting where

and how trading with foreign nations could occur. Even with all the restrictions the Qing

authorities placed on outside influence it only would hurt them in the end. Because of limiting

any outside influence things like their avoidance in advancement in technology they would

eventually fall behind other nations, as the Qing were set in their ancient ways. But other