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The Revolutionary alliance overthrows the last Chinese Emperor
The Revolution of 1911 (Chinese Revolution), was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and established the Republic of China. -
The Communist party seizes control of China
Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, was forced off his throne. This ended a nearly 300 year rule that Yi's family had had on China. -
Northern Expedition
After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his proteges, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Nationalist Party (or KMT) and succeeded in bringing most of south and central China under its rule. -
Republic of China
Sun Yatsen becomes president. Yuan Shikai outlaws the Guomindang party in the republic of China, to give himself unchallenged power as president. -
Jiang Jieshi defeats Mao's communists and the communists flee in "the Long March"
The Long March was the retreat of Mao's attack to avoid torture. -
Mao Zedong's Communist Party gains support from the peasants by giving them land.
In 1919 Chinese protesters began calling for a more independent China. Mao Zedong led the communists. He gained support for Communists China by redistributing land to the peasants and offering them schooling and health care. -
Chang Kai-Shek
Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy -
Japan invades China in WWII suspending the civil war.
Japan wanted to dominate and get more power. During this, Japan was at war with East Asia and the Republic of China. -
Kuomintang's defeat
Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 1949. -
Five years plan
The Five Year Plans of the People's Republic of China were to help China rise socially and economically. They shaped their economy based upon communism.
