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Qing Dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China -
Population pressure
The population doubled in 150 years. There were so many people and the land was overused. (it became infertile) -
White Lotus Rebellion
The beginning of the rebellions that led to the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The White Lotus Rebellion happened because the people of China were unhappy with the ruling Dynasty. -
Opium war
The British won and took control of trade. -
Boxer rebellion
Nationalism grew. Chinese people wanted to be free from foreigners. The Qing (from Manchu) were also foreigners. The foreign power helped the Qing against the Chinese people. -
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China republic
1911 –The Qing Dynasty has fallen
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat Sen) takes over as President – he hopes to build China through –The people, Nationalism and Democracy. -
Wu Chang Uprising
The beginning of the Revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC). -
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian
The founder of the Republic and founder of KMT -
The Warlord Era
Warlords fought for power, a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into a jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. -
Jiang Jeishi
Takes control of the KMT and the most important point of fascism is absolute trust in a sagely able leader. Aside from complete trust in one person, there is no other leader. -
The Long March
The nationalist continually attacked the Communists who retreated. -
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Life of Mao Zedong
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World War 2
The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese, with minor aid from the Soviet Union and the United States. -
The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan
As they steadily lose ground to the communist forces of Mao Zedong, Chinese Nationalist leaders depart for the island of Taiwan, where they establish their new capital. Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek left for the island the following day. -
The First 5 year plan
To increase industry and agriculture. -
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
Mao asked to be criticized. He caught his opponents and they were rent for ''re-education''. -
The Great Leap Forward (The 2nd 5 year plan)
He changed China from agriculture to industry. Forced farmers to work in “communes” instead of for themselves -
The Cultural Revolution
Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government. It became a time of little freedom. His youthful followers formed the Red Guards, special army, he closed school, he burned the history, many older people were sent to be ''re-education''. -
Chairman Mao Zedong dies
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.
