Causes of the first period of the Chinese civil war

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    Qing Dynasty

    Dynasty that ruled China over 400 years
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    First opium war

    War that China lost against the British to take control of the Opium and to trade with China
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    Taiping Rebellion

    A religious movement and part political reform, that decentralize the power
  • Population of China

    Population of China
    The majority of the population of China were peasant that were living extremly poor, pay a lot of taxes, had old farming techniques etc.
  • Double Tenth Revolution

    Double Tenth Revolution
    Dr. Sun Yixian was elected president of China, abd the Qing Dynasty was overthrow
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    The rule of Yuan Shikai

    Yuan ruled China as a military dictator
  • Yuan Shikai´s Death

    Yuan Shikai´s Death
    This event marked China, first because he called China was in a republic instead of saying that was a dictator
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    Warlord Era

    When Yuan Shikai died, a era between lord started to see who had more territory
  • May fourth Movement

    May fourth Movement
    This movement began with students that were against the warlords and the traditional chinese and japanese culture.
  • GMD and CCP

    GMD and CCP
    This two different movement joined togetehr to abdicated the warlords