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The end of the Chinese Revolutions lead to the end of the Dynasties
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After a bomb was accidentally set off a revolution was started. Unfortunately this revolution was not easily quelled because the Chinese army joined the rebels. This revolution led to a huge change of government.
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Mao became a founder member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and set up a branch in Hunan
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Sun Yat Sen died
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The Guomindang leader Chaing Kai Shek got mad at the communuists for trying to moent socialist revolution. This ruined the alliance between the Guomindang and Communists
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The Long March took 368 days
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Mao led his followers on the 'Long March', a 6,000 mile journey to northwest China to establish a new base.
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The Japanese destroyed the city of Nanking. The Nationalists soilders were said to have put on civilian clothes and abandoned the city.
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Students and intellectuals were sent down to the countryside to give them a taste of what “real China” was like in an effort to re-educate them.
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Mao established himself as military leader
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Mao declared the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949.
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Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China;
Chiang retreated to Taiwan -
28,332 people were accused of being a spies or counterrevolutionaries and exicuted.
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_ Industry increased 121% more than projected
- Living standards improved
- China’s population grew to 646 million -
China's first 5 year plan increased industry 121% more than projected, improved living standards, and the population grew to 646 million
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During the Great Leap Forward nearly 20 million people died of starvation
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Traditional culture was frowned upon and lost, millions of people were persecuted, and religious artifacts were destroyed.
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Mao Dies.
