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The Han dynasty ruled over china for 400 years and soon had a downfall from people wanting power and taxes from troops protecting there borders
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By the mid-1300s, China was in turmoil. The Mongols’ hold on power had became unstable. Disease and natural disasters had weakened the Mongol grip then there was a rebellion and soon there new dynasty ming Dynasty
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Ming rule lasted for nearly three centuries. By the early 1600s, however, the Ming dynasty had grown weak and corrupt. Famine and peasant rebellions ravaged the country. To the Chinese people, the Ming had lost the Mandate of Heaven, the traditional right to govern and so they made the qing dynasty qing means pure
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most of china's wealth in the past was from agriculture because the qing discouraged trade but they did trade silk and tea for american silver
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in the time britain with its large and powerful navy and army took over south asia The Great Rebellion broke out in 1857 among soldiers of the British-led Indian army. British distribution of cartridges greased with animal fat triggered the rebellion
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The May Fourth Movement, along with China’s split between the two rival governments, soon sent the nation down a revolutionary path.
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After World War II, China was torn by civil war. Nationalists fought with Communists for control of the country. The Communists, led by Mao Zedong, eventually won, and in 1949, they founded the People’s Republic of China. The Nationalists fled to the island of Taiwan where they formed their own government.
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In the spring of 1989, Chinese students began demonstrations that called for a more democratic government.Thousands of student protesters were arrested many were injured and killed, and government officials who had supported the protests were swiftly replaced. The death toll from the Tiananmen Square massacre is still unknown.
