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ended 3,000 years of dynastic rule in China and gave way to a provisional republic.
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Sun Yat Sen was declared president of a provisional republic.
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The Communist party was established by Mao and attempted to reform China.
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Mao helps co-found the Communist party in China.
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San Yat Sen president of China and leader of Nationalist party dies.
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The Communist and Guomindang ended their alliance because the communists were trying to spread socialist reform around China. This caused a civil war that the Communists won.
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It took 368 days for Communists to make it to North China. They had to pass18 mountain ranges and 24 rivers.
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Mao and other Communists take The Long March to north China and start to establish Communist rule.
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Japan came into Nanking and started slaughtering citizens and ended up destroying the city. The Nationalists relocated cities to Wuhan but their troops disguised themselves as citizens to escape the city and were seen as cowards by the people.
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The “rectification program” was where China's students and intellectuals were sent to the country side to work in fields and be re-educated about "real China."
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Mao and the Communist party proclaimed the people's republic of China.
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Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China;
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The people's republic of China is announced. People had freedoms of a Republic but government failed to protect these freedoms.
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During the early part of the new China people who were thought to be spies or did not like the revolution were excecuted. About 28,332 people were excecuted.
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The 5 year plan rapidly indutrialized China, the population grew to 646 million and inflation declined.
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The Great leap foward turned China's economy to total Communists but it cost China lots of money and almost 20 million lives.
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many people were left in poverty due to Cultural Revolution, the education systems were set back for years, and economy collapsed and people who lived through the revolution were denied good careers.
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Mao dies
