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The last imperial dynasty of China.
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Population pressure was causing environmental damage and poverty. The land was overused and no longer fertile.
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Many people regarded the government as being weak and corrupt.
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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.
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As China weakened other countries saw an opportunity to controlled China.
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The Chinese people wanted to be free of foreign influence. They were beaten by the Foreign armies and China was punished. This further weakened the Qing and its power in China.
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The Qing Dynasty has fallen. Sun Yixian (Sun Yat Sen) takes over as President.
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The country never really united under Sen.
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the beginning of the revolution. It began with the dissatisfaction of the handling of a railway crisis. The Qing Dynasty has fallen.
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Jiang Jeishi turned his Nationalist troops against the Communists – their growing support was a threat to his power. Jiang Jeishi took control of the Nationalist Party. He needed the Chinese Communist Party to help. Mao Zedong was a member of the Communist Party from the farming communities. He soon became a leader of the party.
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During the Long March Mao enforced strict discipline - his soldiers were told to treat people with respect and pay for food and not to damage people's crops. The communists were made welcome. The Nationalists treated people harshly.
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This was the time that Mao took control China.
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The Chinese were united in their battle against Japan –the invading foreigners. The civil war was forgotten.
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Communism grew in Eastern Europe and support for the Chinese communists grew, more and more Chinese joined the communist party. The Communists defeated the Nationalists. The Nationalists escaped to Taiwan to set up their own Nationalist government.
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The number of people living in cities had almost doubled from before the communist takeover, and there were shortages of food, housing, and consumer goods.
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Mao made an unusual request. He called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party.
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Mao’s idea was to change China from an agrarian (farming) society to a modern, industrial society in just five years.
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Mao was unpopular - he lost control of the party. This was a time of very little freedom in China.
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Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease in Beijing, China.
