Question

The number of people converted into Christianity by the missionaries in Vietnam by the 18th century was

• A. 3,00,000.
• B. 3,10,000.
• C. 3,20,000.
• D. 3,30,000.

Answer 1

The correct option is A 3,00,000.

The number of people converted into Christianity by the missionaries in Vietnam by the 18th century was 3, 00,000. The spread of Christianity was widely resisted by the people of Vietnam. Officials at the imperial court stood up in 1868 against the spread of Christianity under the French Control. Popularly known as the Scholar’s Revolt, this uprising led to the killing of over a thousand missionaries resorting to the conversion that has reached around 300000 Vietnamese people by the middle of the 18th century. In France the reports about killing of the Catholics were highly publicized to whip up the fury against the Vietnamese people