Asked by berlanda

What finally caused the Ming dynasty to collapse?

Manchu tribesmen and government protesters rebelled against the dynasty.
The dynasty won a war against the Ming government and executed the Ming leaders.
Isolationism led to a lack of new ideas to keep the government current.
Famine caused a plague that killed many soldiers and many of the emperor’s supporters.

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Answer: Manchu tribesmen and government protesters rebelled against the dynasty.

Explanation: The Ming were weakened for decades by corruption, fiscal crisis, famines and epidemics, and widespread peasant uprisings. In 1644 the rebel leader Li Zicheng captured Beijing (the emperor committed suicide), and shortly after Ming general Wu Sangui invited Manchu forces in to defeat Li. The Manchus then seized power and established the Qing, so internal rebellion plus Manchu invasion finally toppled the Ming.