Question

What was the main aim of the scholar revolt of 1868?

Answer 1

Hint: Scholar Revolt is early rebellion against French and the spread of Christianity. It was led by angry officials at the imperial court.

Complete answer:
From 1858 until the Japanese coup in 1945, Vietnam was a French colony. The Federation of Indochina was founded by the French in 1897, with Vietnam, divided into separately governed territories for convenience.

The Scholars' Revolt of 1868 was an early protest against French hegemony and the spread of Christianity. It was led by angry officials at the imperial court. They organized an uprising in Ngu An and Ha Tien provinces and killed nearly a thousand Catholics. The French believed that helping undeveloped regions in Asia to become civilized to justify their colonial supremacy was their duty. These places would remain backward, uncivilized, and impoverished without French interference, they asserted. The demand for resources was driven by French imperialism: raw materials and cheap labor.

The Vietnamese fight against French colonialism was almost a century old at the end of World War II. Via numerous rebellions from the beginning of the French occupation of Vietnam, thousands of poorly-armed Vietnamese responded to foreign rule. This was a large-scale Vietnamese rebellion between 1885 and 1889 against French colonial rule. It was one of the early demonstrations by the Vietnamese against French political domination and the spread of Christianity.

The court was dissatisfied with the promotion of the Christian faith and the accumulation of French political influence in Vietnam. They led a general rebellion in the provinces of Ngu An and Ha Tien, where over a thousand Catholics were slaughtered. Since the beginning of the 17th century, Catholic missionaries have been operating in these areas and converted as many as 3,00,000 to Christianity by the middle of the 18th century.

Note: The French eventually were able to suppress the revolt. However, this rebellion remained an inspiration to many later patriots and movements.