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QIng dynasty
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white lotus rebellion 1794-1804
the big group is against government is called White lotus rebellion
There were a number of sources of discontent in Qing China. Mainly, many people regarded the government as being weak and corrupt -
population pressure 1800
population pressure was causing environmental damage and poverty. The land was overused and no longer fertile -
boxer rebellion 1900
nationalism grew Chinese rebel attack the foreign nations. They lost and had to pay 300 million. The end of mandate of heaven -
foreign power
as China weakened.The Brithish ,Americans took control of the trad and economicolly control Ching.Japan took control of the land -
opium war 1900
when the Qing government realized the harm being done by the opium trade, they decided to ban the use and import of opium - this led to 2 wars with the British. -
Fall of Qing 1911
population pressure
white lotus rebellion
opium war
foreign power
boxer rebellion -
Jiang Jieshi 1926
Jiang Jiesh took control of the Nationalist party (KMT) and amashed the worlords-hisaim was ro unite china -
Mao Zedong 1926
Mao Zedong was a member of the communist party from the farming communities.He belived that china's strength was with the peasants -
civil war 1927
Jiang tured his nationalist troops against the communist their growing support was a threst to his power -
The long march 1934
The nationalists attacked the communists who retreated Mao enforced strict discipline-his soldrers were told to freat the people nicely while the nationalists treated the people harnly -
world war 2 1939-1945
They wre united in their battle agains Japan.the civil war was forgitten
After ww2 communism grew in eastern Europe and support for the chinese communists grew, more and more chinese joined the communist party
Nationalists escaped to taiwan to set up their own nationalist government
Communists and Mao had control of China -
one hundred flower campaign 1956
500000 people sent to camp for re-education
some people were killed because the communists can't teach them -
The great leap forward 1958
modernize the economiy
china to rival America
become self sufficient
communes - live and share
to change China from agriculture to industry
It didn't work,Mao's hung failure
18 million to 45 million people died
most starved to deam and some are kill by the government
mass migration out of china -
1966-76 Cultural revolution
mao needed a new idear
he needed to get power again
he aimed at the young people
they forned the red guards Mao supporters
He destrayed history & hide his mistakes
older chiness nere sent to be re educationed -
1976 Mao death
died from compications of parkinson's drsease
