Evaluate the causes and effects of the White Lotus Rebellion.

Candidates will make an appraisal of the causes and effects of White Lotus Rebellion by weighing up their importance or otherwise. Candidates may focus exclusively on the Rebellion of 1796 to 1806, but they may also include the Wang Lun Rebellion of 1774. They may choose to focus on causes and effects separately or they may adopt a chronological or a thematic approach. Candidates may offer equal coverage of the causes and the effects or they may prioritize their evaluation of one, but both will be a covered. They may refer to anti-Qing secret societies, corruption in the court and administration, economic problems, population increase and famine, high taxation, social unrest, the influence on further rebellions in the 19th century, the weakening of Qing power, and the vulnerability of China to Western demands for trade. These need not all be covered or covered equally. While other, relevant, factors may be referred to, the bulk of the response will remain on the issue raised in the question.