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The Revolutionary Alliance overthrew the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty had ruled China for 250 years. This was a major change for China.
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Sun couldnt run the country efficiently so he gave power to a general who didnt have the same ideas as sun making people mad. When he died in 1916, warlords and military leaders had all the power. The country was no longer unified.
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Hoping that the allies would win and give them land for helping, the allies gave it to Japan. This upset many people in China causing riots.
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The Chinese people were upse about Japan getting the land, so many of them turned toward communism over democracy.
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With the communist party in control, the stage is set for a civil war
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Mao gave land to the peasants so he could gain their support
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The nationalist killed communist leaders, starting the civil war
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In the early 1930's the communist set up base in southern China were a lot of peasants were located. The communists started recruiting the peasants to join their cause.
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The 100,000 communist soldiers started a 6,000 mile long march. There were only seven to eight thousand survivors.
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When the japanese invaded china the communist and nationalists had to come together to fight the japanese
