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Taiping Rebellion
20-30 million deaths in the Rebellion, Peasants revolted against the corrupt dynasty due to increased poverty for masses.
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Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yat Sen was born in to a peasant family on Nov 12 1866. He was the leader of the Chinese Republic revolution. He led Chinas new republic after the fall of the Qing Dynasty's Sun Tat-sen. He wanted to rebuild and renew china on the three principals of the people; nationalism, democracy, and economic security for everybody. He faild and China fell into the "twin evils" warlord upbringings and foreign imperialism. -
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Mao Zedong
He was born in 1893 to a peasant farmer in China. At peking Univeristy while working as a library assistant he became a Marxist. In 1921 he and a few other people joined the Chinese Communist Party and they adapted some ideas of Lenin. In 1934-1935 he led The long March to Northern China. About 30,000 soliders died and they soliders covered about 50 miles per day. The group reached Shensi on October 20 1935. Mao moved the capital to Beijing.
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Boxer Rebellion
China stras to be carved up by the imperialist powers seeking to gain resources for trade and to expand " spheres of influence".
Patriots of the movement are known as boxers,
Internal movement begins by Chinese empress to stir up hatred of foreigners.
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May fourth Movement
students protested against the 21 demands.
Footbinding ends women key part in protest
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The appeal of Marxism
Marx and Lenin were influential and some chinese turned to them
Soviet Union was willing to train chinese students and military officers to become leaders of a communist revolution. -
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Chiang Kai Shek
He took over for Kuomintang after Sun's death in 1925. In cooperation with chinesee communists led northern expedition. They crushed the local warlords and took over the new government, withouth new leaders.
Chiang kai shek in 1927 ordered Kuomintang troops to slaughter communist party members. He saw them as a threat. Thousands were murdered and that started a bitter civil war that lasted for 22 years. -
(India) Purna Swaraj
Purna Swaraj is completely self rule. India declared independence from British rule but the British didn't accept it till 1947. The Indian National Congress declared this. -
(India) Salt March
Ganhi led this march to protest the tax put on salt by the British. Ganhi told everyone about this and many Indians actively joined to fight for the first time. This created a huge civil disobedience against the British by millions of Indians. Gandhi produced salt and he didn't pay the tax on it. -
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The long march
Communists retreated on a long march to China 6,000 miles away.Throughout the march soliders treated farmers nicely, paid for goods, and to try not to kill the crops. Many peasants supported the communists duriing this.And the majority of the population were peasants. -
(India) Government of India Act
This Act limted self rule for the Indian Provinces. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League opposed this Act. Burma and Aden were separated from India. This Act created an independent muslim state created. There was no preamble. -
India independence
India gained its independence in 1947 from Britain. Why, because Britain lost control, Britain had thousands of people but India had millions of people and so they were no match for India.India had 400 million people 250 million were hindu,90 million muslims, 6 million sikhs, millions of secatarians, Buddhists, and Christians. -
(India) Gandhi is assasinated
Mohandas Gandhi was executed by a Hindu Extremist. He was in New Delhi going to prayer. Gandhi was assasinated at the Birla House. -
(India)Republic Day
On this day starting in 1950 the Indian Consitution came into action and India actually became a true democratic republic. Delhi hosts a huge procession each year. -
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The Great Leap Forward
As many as 55 million Chinese starved ,program was a failure, and that is why there was so much starvation. Mao made people to use superhuman effort to increase farm and industrial output. -
US established diplomatic relations with China
U.S played the chinese card to improve the relation with china. And that the soviets would be further isolated. -
(India) Indira Gandhi
Indias prime minister was shot at 9:20 am on this date. She was killed by two of her own body guards, She was killed in the garden of her home in Delhi. The kill was revenge for the raid in Amristar at the holiest sikhisms shrine. -
(India) Rowlatt Act
The British passed this to deal with the Nationalist Movement. This restricted speech and press, 400 died in protests against this Act. Many protests occured shortly after this was passed. The acts are based on the ideas of Mr Justice Rowlatt. -
(India) Holi
This is a spring Festival held by Hindus. Its the most colorful festival in the country .The festival celebrates the death of Holika and the beginning of a new spring. Its lasts 3 to 16 days. -
(India) Amristar Massacure
In 1919 The British Troops fired on to a huge crowd of indian protesters. The troops locked all the entrances so nobody could leave. Men, women and children were killed on the spot. This atroscity caused the Indo Britian relations to go sour. Mohandas Gandhi didn't like this and so he created the Noncooperation Movement from 1920-22.Amristar massacure occured in Punjab, India -
The Warlord Problem
1912 Yun Shikai takes power and sun Yat Sen stepped down.
Millions of peasanst suffered and famine happened.
He wanted to set up a new dynasty but the military didn't help him.
Nation was divided and local warlords took power.
Economy collapsed and rival armies battle for control.
