Introduction

            Have you thought why there are many Chinese come to the United State? Have you thought how the first group of Chinese come to the United State was when you saw there many Chinese walking on the street? Today, many of the Chinese come to the United State, some for traveling, some for their business, some for their job, some for studying, and some for having a better life. Today, there are many Chinese-American live in the United State, though they live in America; they also keep their traditional and distinct culture or custom. So, do you know why the ancestor of Chinese wanted to go to the United State? This blog will help you clearly to know the processing of the ancestor of Chinese come to America.

            In fact, the Chinese began coming to America in the late 19^th century. But, have you thought why they don’t stay in China.  So, let’s compare the background of China in the 19^th century with America’s.

            In the late 19^th century, there were many conflicts in China.
           
            In 1838 to 1842, the first Opium War happened in Nanjing, because Chinese wanted to protect their country. The second Opium War, also called the Arrow War, fought from 1856 to 1860. These wars were the Chinese against the Great British. Because of these wars, China opened five ports in southern part of China to British; The Opium War was a huge change for their traditional life and economy in South (1).

Also, there were some revolts occurred in 1840s, the most famous and the biggest rebellion is Taiping Rebellion. But Taiping Rebellion was the worst civil war in Chinese history. At that time, China was very chaos and people didn’t have the stable life.

After the internal rebellions were suppressed by the Qing Government, but there were also many international problem of China in 1860s. Many other countries wanted  to own the territories in China. After 1860s, China was embroiled in the international conflicts: in 1870, the Tianjin Massacre with France; in 1879, the lli crisis with Russia; from 1884 to 1885, the Sino-French War; and the most famous external war was the Sino-Japanese War from 1894 to 1895 (2).

        
In the late 19^th century, the government of China also had the huge change. Sun Yat-Sen, who is the one of the most famous politicians in China, formed a secret revolutionary society (3). That society helped China out of their actual difficulty in the early 20^th century.

 

At the same time in the America, the United States grew at a dramatic rate because of the Industrial Revolution. A large number of people moved to the cities. During 1880s, there were many people come from around the world also helped increasing the population in the cities in the United State (4). Day by day, the economy and business in the United State were better and faster. Many people who come from around the world wanted to have a nice job, earn more money for family, for the better life, or have the better education; they all come to the United State.   

 

Citation

(1)   "Part 1: Introduction." Chinese History. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013.
(2)   "Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China." Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2013
(3)   "Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China." Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Dec. 2013
(4)   "City Life in the Late 19th Century - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress." City Life in the Late 19th Century - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013.