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Chinese Revolution
The Chinese Revolution was when a group of revolutionaries led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. The Qing dynasty fell ending China's dynastic cycle. -
Sun Yat Sen Declared President
Sun Yat Sen was declared president of a provisional republic on January 1, 1912. -
Mao and the Communist Party
Mao was one of the twelve founders of the Chinese
Communist Party at its first congress in 1921. -
The Death of Sun Yat Sen
Sun Yat Sen died in 1925. -
Guomindang Alliances
The alliance fell apart between the Guomindang Party and the Communists Party in 1927. -
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Political Party of the Guomindang
The Guomindang was the political party founded in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen; it governed China under Chiang Kai-shek from 1928 until 1949. It had competition with the communist party while trying to reform China. -
Long March
Mao led his followers on the Long March. The March lasted for about a year and had an average 17 mile daily distance traveled. -
Destruction of the City of Nanking
The City of Nanking was destroyed by the Japnese, Nationalists reacted by fleeing and abandoning the city. -
Rectification Program
Students and intellectuals were sent down into the countryside to give them a taste of what “real China” was like in an effort to re-educate them. -
Chiang retired from presidency
Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China; Chiang retreated to Taiwan. -
Mao declared the People’s Republic of China
Mao declared the People’s Republic of China on October 1, 1949. -
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Spies of the Revolution
During the revolution, 28,332 people were accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries and executed. -
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China's first 5-Year Plan
The results of the first 5 year plan was industry increasing 121%, China’s population grew to 646 million, and peasants had to grow lots of grains and sell them at low prices since the plan didn’t have many consumer goods. -
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Great Leap Forward
The main result from the Great Leap Forward was that they paid for heavy machinery from the USSR with exported grain making, 20 million peasants die between 1959 and 1962. -
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Chinese Cultural Revolution
The results of the Cultural Revolution were students were unable to get decent jobs so they teared down tradition, anyone representing the “four olds” were humiliated and violated, and intellectuals were sent to the countryside where millions were persecuted and historical/religious artifacts were destroyed. -
Death of Mao
Mao died in 1976.
