Compared with other large-scale peasant uprisings in Chinese history, what were the changes that occurred in the historical background of the peasant uprisings led by Hong Xiuquan

Previous uprisings were mostly due to land annexation, political darkness, and natural disasters. The Taiping Rebellion, on the other hand, added a layer of war reparations.

After the Opium War, there was a fundamental change in the nature of Chinese society, i.e., it changed step by step from an independent feudal society to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The capitalist powers stepped up their invasion and plunder of China, dumped large quantities of commodities in China, dealt a severe blow to Chinese handicrafts and peasant families' sideline businesses, and the natural economy gradually disintegrated. These were not there before.