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Qing dynasty
The last of the imperial dynasty in China. -
White Lotus Rebellion
The beginning of the rebellion against the Qing dynasty. It began because people are unhappy. -
Wu Chang Uprising
the beginning of revolution -
Sun Yut Sen
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian, the founder of the Republic and founder of KMT -
Warlords
The Warlord Era, warlords fought for power. -
Jiang Jeishi
Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT -
the Long March
The Long March saved Mao Zedong and the Communist Party from the Chinese military. Mao took his Communists through China away from attacks to stop them. Mao marched almost 6000 miles. -
WW2
World War 2. The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese -
Nationalist
The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan -
The hundred flower campaign
Mao made an unusual request.
He called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party.
Some believe this was a trick. -
The great leap year
The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy. -
The cultural revolution
After the Great Leap Forward, Mao was unpopular - he lost control of the party. The Cultural Revolution was Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government. -
Mao's death
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 09, 1976, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.