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Chinese Nationalists oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
As several defeats and embarrasments ruled the reputation of the qing dynasty there was a clamour for reform. This began with Sun yat sen who began the first republic of China the Guamingdon. -
World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
As the Austrians had occupation in Serbia members of the rebellious group, The Black Hand had been plotting the assasination of Franz Ferdinand which was finally carried out by Garvallo Princip. Then Austria issued a ultimanum which Serbia could not complete and then followed up with a declaration of war. -
U.S. Enters the war
As the Germans Declared unrestricted submarine warfare proceeded to the sinking of the RMS Listuania which was a US passenger liner smuggling munitions into britain was sunk by a UBoat, also the Zimmerman Telegraph trying to get Mexico to attack the US prompted the US to join the war and fight with the Allies. -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
As the United States entered the war they had begun to turn the war around and back on the Germans Homefront they faced their own challenges. As the economy, political system, and army were all in a state of collapse and there was a greater opposition to the war from the general public germany signed a armistice which meant they would not fight for 30 days and the kaiser fled to holland. -
Gandhi leads Indian camapaign of civil disobedience
As India started to realize that Britian ruling India was not a good idea a leader started to arise but not in a violent way but of ways of civil disobedience which meant nonviolently resesting and disobeying laws as a way to stand up for Britain and gain independence. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
As world war one fought on in the european theater the war also raged on between the turks and the ottoman empire which was standing on its last legs, Mustafa had a specofic goal in mind and knew that in order for his new nation of turket to thrive he would need to modernize, seperate church frome state (turkey is 97% muslim), and redtribute the wealth only with the power of a dictatorship. -
Mao Zedong heads Long March
As the Nationalists were winning the civil war they almost eliminated the Communist Party when they sent them on a long zig-zaggy march through China in which the party battled the elements and heavy losses almost wiped away Mao's party.
