When was the history of China distanced by the West?

Before the first industrial revolution, China was not greatly enlarged by the west, but from1860s to1960s1000, looking back, the east and the west were already two worlds. At the beginning of the first industrial revolution, China was under the rule of Qianlong, who had no idea that Britain was undergoing a revolution that could change history and continued to close its doors. At that time, two important things happened on earth. The first time was the British industrial revolution, and the second time was the formal independence of the United States. Washington, the founding president of the United States, and Emperor Qianlong were figures of the same era. Maybe everyone will feel a little surprised.

In ancient China, the feudal system lasted for more than 3,000 years without any change. So everyone will be surprised that Gan Long and Washington were figures of the same era, and both of them died in 1799. At that time, we were still addicted to the "prosperous time of Kanggan", but great changes have taken place on the other side of the earth, which also led to the fierce impact of the West on Sun Yat-sen's politics, economy and culture, which was not only bullied by western powers, but also delayed the development of China by nearly 100 years.

1776, British scientist Watt invented the world's first steam engine, and the machine officially began to gradually replace manual labor, and people also discovered the importance of industrialization for the first time. Before that, human work and production efficiency were extremely low, until the appearance of steam engine changed this situation. Moreover, the emergence of the steam engine did not lay off employees, but created countless jobs, and production and economy reached their peak. Originally, the steam engine was invented only for mining and pumping water into coal mines, but after Watt's improvement, the steam engine can play a role in various fields, greatly improving the efficiency of industrial production, and even generating electricity with the steam engine until the invention of trains and ships.

In July of the same year, the United States signed the Declaration of Independence, and July 4th, 1776 was designated as the National Day. 1775, the American people miraculously defeated the arrogant British Empire at that time and won the War of Independence. Subsequently, North America 13 colony officially broke away from Britain and became a federal country, namely the United States. However, since then, Britain has still refused to recognize the independence of the United States. 18 12 years, the United States officially declared war on Britain, and the second war of independence broke out. However, at that time, the people of all States in the United States had become more and more United, and finally the two sides stopped fighting and the border was restored to its original state.

What was Emperor Qianlong doing at that time? 1773, Qianlong decided on a book compilation project, that is, compiling Sikuquanshu. Sikuquanshu, with more than 3,500 volumes and about 800 million words, was the most widely used encyclopedia at that time. However, the contents in Sikuquanshu are not all true, and the Qianlong period was the most severe period of the literary inquisition. As long as there is a slight contradiction between books and feelings towards the DPRK, they will be destroyed and the author will be put in prison. So at that time, Qianlong destroyed many illegal books, and it is said that there were more than 700,000 copies in one * *. Judging from the development of literature in the whole Qing Dynasty, this suppression is almost devastating.

This article comes from the encyclopedia of historical knowledge for reference.