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Qing Dynasty
The final imperial dynasty of China -
Population pressure
The population doubled in 150 years. There were so many people and the land was overused. (it became infertile ) -
White Lotus Rebelion
The beginning of the rebellions against the Qing Dynasty .The people were unhappy with ruling family -
opium war
The British won and took control of trade. -
boxer rebellion
The Chinese people wanted to be free of foreign influence. -
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China republic
1911-The Qing dynasty has fallen Sun Yixian takes over a president - he hopes to build China throught - the people -
Wu Chang Uprising
the beginning of the revolution, which led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the republic of China(ROC) -
the beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian
the founder of the Republic and tounder of KMT -
The warlord Era
Warlords fought for power, a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. -
Jiang Jeishi
Takes control of the KMT and the most important point of ascism is absolute trust in a sagely able leader -
the long march
The communists escape the Nationalists -
world wars 2
The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese -
The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan
they steadily lose ground to the Communists forces of Mao Zedong, Chinese nationalist leaders depart for the island of Taiwan, where they establish their new capital. Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek left for the island the following day. -
the first five years plan
The First Five-Year Plan, was the beginning of China's rapid industrialization, and it is still regarded as having been enormously successful. A strong central governmental apparatus proved able to channel scarce resources into the rapid development of heavy industry. -
The Hundred flowers campaign
Mao asked to be criticized. He caught his opponents and thy were rent for"re-education" -
The great leap forward(The 2nd 5 years plan)
He changed China from agriculture to industry Forced farmers to work in"communes" instead of for themselves. -
The cultural revolution
Mao's attempt to regain power over government. It became a time a little freedom. His youthful followers formed the red guards, special army, he closed school, he closed school, he burned the history, many older people were sent to be "re-educaion" -
Chair Mao Zedong dies
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease, at the age of82, in Beijing, China.