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Taiping Rebellion
Religious and political movement and this resulted in the Warlord era.
Manchu Dynasty vs. Christian movement. -
Boxer Rebellion
Was a movement based in Anti western feeling, anti-foreign, anti-colonial, and anti-Christianism.
Towards the end of the Qing or Manchu Dynasty. -
Qing Dynasty
In 1900 China was being ruled by the Manchu/Qing dynasty.
Peasants paid the taxes that in turn paid for the Manchu imperial court,
Inflation and corruption weakened the Manchus. -
The overthrow of the Manchu dynasty
In October 1911 the ruling dynasty (Manchu Dynasty) was overthrown in a revolution, the Double Tenth Revolution.
A republic was created, the goverment lost control of the military.
Impact of imperialism, anti foreign sentiment and political weakness. -
The rule of Yuan Shikai
Military dictator from 1912 to 1915.
Key obstacle to a united China.
Yuan refused to leave, the GMD was a regional power.
He proclaimed himself emperor in 1916.
He lost the support of the military and stood down. He died 3 months later. -
The Warlords.
Lack of unity in the country.
Regionalism or provincialism was to play key role.
Warlords ran their territories independently in their domain.
Warlord era increased the sense of humillation -
May the Fourth Movement.
Students led a demonstration against the warlords, Japanese and traditional Chinese culture.
Movement dedicated to change or the rebirth of China as a proud independent nation.
Inspired by the Bolshevik revolution. -
Communist and Nationalist.
CCP and GMD agreed to work together. Both of the parties complemented their weakeness. -
First United Front.
Both political parties wanted to unify China, get rid of the warlords. However, the GMD removed communist from key positionsin the party due to being increansingly anti-communist. -
Northern Expedition.
The GMD set out this mision to crush the warlords of China, it resulted in succes. And in 1928 they took Beijing.
They declared that the new capital of China would be Nanjing.
