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Boxer Uprising
The Boxer Uprising also known as the Boxer Rebellion was a rebellion by the Chinese peasents against Christian Missionaries. -
Qing Court Frustrating People
Insperation from the revolutionary ideas of sun Yat-sen gave students the idea to advocate the over throw of the Qing Dynasty and the creating of a republic; because Qing court's resistance to reform, by China's weakness,and young officials. -
Revolutionary Alliance Overthrows
China's last imperial dyansty was the Qing Dynasty, due to the revolutionary alliance that overthrew the last emperor. After that they had established the republic of china. -
Communist Party Gains Support from the Peasants by Giving them Land
Mao Zedong (the leader of the communists) wanted to gain support for communism, so in the southeastern part of China he gave the peasants land and offered them heath care and schooling. -
May Fourth Movement
The May Fourth Movement in the beginning was about terms imposed on China from the Treaty of Versailles, but turned into a movement about China's domestic situation. -
Comunist Party Seizes Control of China
Pu Yi, China's last emperor, steped down from the throne. This meens that the Communist Party takes over. Nearly 300 years China was ruled by Yi's Family. -
Japan invades China in WWII suspending the Civil War
In WWII Japan had wanted to become a bigger power than they were. But they had no natural resources, they had to ship in materials. They used the war to there advantage to take over China and get some land so they could have natural resources. -
Japan kills Chinese by Bomb
Japan was mad at China because they had helped the U.S. bomb Japan, so Japan decides to bomb China. They killled 250,000 Chinese people. -
China Suffers after War Ends
After the war China had lost a great amount of there community had died. The total number that had died in the war was 9,750,000. -
Jiang Jieshi Defeats Communists, Communists Flee in "Long March"
The Long March was a Military reteat that was undertaken by the Red Army (Communist Party of China). The Long March was not one single march, but a series of marches, various communist armys escaped to the north and west.