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Qing dynasty
The last imperial dynasty of China. -
population pressure
The population doubled in150 years. There were so many people and the land was overused. -
White lotus rebellion
The beginning of the rebellions that led to the fall of Qing Dynasty. -
Opium war
The British and took control of trade. -
boxer rebellion
The Chinese people wanted to be free of foreign influence. -
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China republic
1911-The Qing dynasty has fallen Sun Yixian takes over a president - he hopes to build China throught - the people -
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 jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. -
Jiang Jeishi
Takes control of the KMT and the most important point of ascism is absolute trust in a sagely able leader -
The long march
The nationalist continually attacked the communists who retreated. -
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 Communists 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 years plan
To increase industry and architecture. -
The Hundred flowers campaign
Mao asked to be criticized. He caught his opponents and thy were rent for"re-education" -
The great leap forward(The 2nd 5 years 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 government. It became a time a little freedom. His youthful followers formed the red guards, special army, he closed school, he closed school, he burned the history, many older people were sent to be "re-educaion" -
Chair Mao Zedong dies
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease, at the age of82, in Beijing, China.