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Qing Dynasty
The final imperial dynasty of China. The Qing Empire ended in rebellions, wars, natural disasters, economic problems, famines, and invasions. -
White Lotus Rebellion ; 1794-1804
The beginning of the rebellions against the Qing Dynasty.The people were unhappy with the ruling family. -
Wu Chang Uprising
The beginning of revolution -
The beginning of the Republic ; Feb 1912
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian, the founder of the Republic and founder of KMT -
The Warlord Era ; 1916-1928
Warlords fought for power and land. -
Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT
He was the leader of the Guomindang, the National Revolutionary Army and the Chinese republic between 1926 and 1949. -
The Long March ; 1934-1935
A long journey across China by Mao Zedong and his Communist army in order to reach a new base in northwest China. (The nationalists continually attacked the Communists who retreated.) -
World War 2 ; 1939-1945
The KMT and Communists fought the Japanese -
The communists take power and the Nationalists escape to Taiwan
Communists defeated the Nationalists. So that, the Nationalists escaped to Taiwan to set up their own Nationalist government. -
The First 5 Year Plan ; 1953-57
After world war 2 the world was becoming more industrial, China had a Five Year Plan to increase industry and develop agricultural production. -
The One Hundred Flowers Campaign ; 1956-57
On February 27, 1957, Ma called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party.
This was a trick. 500,000 people sent to camps for re-education
some people were killed because the communists can't teach them -
The Great Leap Forward (The 2nd 5 year plan) ; 1958-62
Mao wanted to change China from an agrarian (farming) society to a modern, industrial society in just five years but it was a huge failure. There was not enough food for the country and
18 million to 45 million people died. Most starved; some murdered by the government. Many Chinese fled to neighbouring countries. -
The cultural revolution ;1966-1976
Mao lost power so he tried to get power back. He focused on the young people because he thought that they wouldn't remember about the failure of the Great Leap Forward and the millions of deaths. He formed Red Guards, closed schools, burned historical documents, and sent the old people to re-education. -
Chairman Mao Zedong dies
Mao died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 09, 1976, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.
