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First Opium War
In this event, it is clearly seen the weakness of the Chinese government. Their sources were exploited by foreign countries and the foreign trade laws were not followed and even ignored. I am sure that no country would like to be treated that way, it is unfair for citizens. -
Double Tenth
Chinese people were already living in bad conditions. When Prince Chu raised the taxes, humiliated General Jiang Jieshi he put all socio-economic classes against him and a revolution started against the Manchu dynasty. This was the first cause because it was the end of the Manchu dynasty, which permitted new ideas and way for looking stability to come. -
Rule of Yuan Shikai
This theory of regionalism was an obstacle to a united China. What China needed at that moment was a centralized system. Still, there was no democracy and he wanted absolute power, false promises that made people do not believe in him eventually. -
Yuan Shokai accepted the 21 demands.
He lost all support when he accepted the demands for Japan. He made China look weak again (indeed they were), and people turned against him. China was at the service and under the power of a foreign country again: Japan. -
The Warlord era
Since the warlords started ruling from providences, with high taxes, their own rules and recruiting peasants for their private army. The peasants began to lose dignity again.
In the other hand, this also worked to create the strong idea of looking for dignity. -
The May Fourth Movement
Students protested against the Treaty of Versailles, and it is an important cause because it made a new Modern China and an independent nation and this also led to the creation of communists and nationalists. -
The creation of the first United Front
The creation of this Front helped people to get rid of warlords and foreign powers. They unified forces to go against what did not let Chine to have unity and it is a cause because it marked the beginning of the new causes. -
Northern Expedition
This Expedition ended with the warlords of central and Northern China. An act that led them to take power over other regions and somehow a centralized power was made. The end of the warlord era able Chines people to create new types of government. -
The purification movement
The massacre of thousands of communist made them flee to the mountains of Jiangxi and in the mountains, Mao started to spread his revolutionary ideas. -
The communist ideas of Mao
The speeches of Mao and the new approach he gave it was a good strategy to get followers. Loyal followers that would fight in the Civil War for his communist ideas that would lead them to get what they have been looking for years: A decent life.
