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Enroll Secondary School
Mao left home to enroll in a secondary school in Changsha, Hunan Province. -
Mao joined the army
In 1911, Mao joined the Revolutionary Army and the Nationalist Party. -
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Beginning of Communist
Mao Tse-tung becoming a certified teacher from Hunan School. He went to join the Communist Party.
Mao believed that appealing to the farming peasants was the key to establishing communism in Asia. He rose up through the ranks of the party. -
Civil War
After President Sun Yat-sen died, Chiang Kai-shek took over the government . Chiang no longer wanted the communists as part of his government and Nationalist Party. He broke the alliance and the communists and began killing and imprisoning communist leaders. The Chinese Civil War between the Nationalist Party and the communists had begun. -
Long March
Mao and the communists go through China away from war about 6000 miles. -
Population Increasing
In 1956, China was the doubled in population after the communist takeover -
One hundred flowers campaign
Mao made an unusual request called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party. -
The Great Leap Forward
Mao tried to develop the industry in China. It failed horribly. The famine that followed killed millions. Mao’s rule brought about more deaths of his own people than any other leader in history. The total death is about 12 to 15 million deaths and over 40 million lose their life -
The Cultural Revolution
Mao was attempt to regain power over the government.This was the freedom in China. And he change all the style of teaching and learning in China. -
Mao Legacy
Mao Zedong died from complication of Parkinson at the age of 82, in beijing, China.
