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May 18, 1497
The Arrival of the Europeans
The Europeans first arrived. The Europeans were on a ship looking for a sea route on the Indian Ocean. They found the sea route and also found some of the richest spices. Venetians were the main traders Europe. But the Venetians didn't like the Portugueses. -
Conflict between Britain and France
A unknown blow fell on the British East India Company. The Nawad controlled an army against Calcutta. They help most people in Calcutta prisoner. The Black Hole of Calcutta made the conflict between Britain and India get worse. The British sent a very strong soldier to led Calcutta to recovery. He recovered them successfully. -
When the British Territory Expanded
British political influence and territorial control expanded rapidly. The two major Indian powers who challenged the British expansionist plans were Tipu Sultan, the nawab of Mysore, and the Marathas. Tipu Sultan advances in science and technology in Europe. He sent people to France to look for Political Alliance. He raised a efficient army. The British seen him as being dangerous. He was trying to defeat the British. He didn't succeed. He was killed in the battle of Srirangapatnam 1799. -
The Growth of the East India Company
The company wasthen called the financial controller. The rice agriculture and brought good tax revenue. This money helped the company get a large army of trained Indian Soldiers. British population began to grow toward northern India. -
Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Party of China has its origins in the May Fourth Movement of 1919. Communist Party is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China. The Chinese Communist Party is the only party in The People's Republic of China. -
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When Mao Zedong was Leader
In 1927, President Chiang Kai-shek had imprisoned or killed alot of Communists. Mao Zedong was against the President's political party. He made an army and fought them. He got lost. He fled and reorganized the Chinese Soviet union. He punished all who was against him.In 1934, the Communists had more than 10 regions under control. In 1937 the Japanese invaded China. In 1949 Tiananamen Square, He talked about the making of the People's Republic of China.In 1958, Mao started the Great Leap Forward -
The Long March
In 1927, The Long March was a march where Mao Zedong led his followers through a march 6,000 mile journey. There were 86,000 walking but then when the march ended there were 8,000 survivor. They were dying of hunger because of lack of food. They were marching because Mao Zedong was told he was under attack. Mao Zedong convinced volunteers to join his cause. He became the top Communist leader. -
Mohandas Gandhi Beliefs in Non-Violence Protests
He began his activism as an Indian immigrant in South Africa in the early 1900s, and in the years following World War I became the leading figure in India’s struggle to gain independence from Great Britain. He began a march to sea without fighting. They were marching for the British monopoly for salt. Gandhi set out from Sabarmati with 78 followers on a 241-mile march to the coastal town of Dandi on the Arabian Sea. -
The occupation of China
The Japanese army invaded China. Chiang Kai-shek was forced to leave the country. Chiang Kai-shek had to communicate with the Communists to help fight the Japanese. -
The Rebuilding of Japan after World War 2
The United States led the Allies in the take over and improvement of Japan. General Douglas A. MacArthur made widespread forces, government, resources, and the society improvement. In Japan a lot of people were thinking that Communism was going to spread through Japan. -
Mao's great rise to power in China
In 1949 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, Mao Zedong talked about the creation of the People's Republic of China. Mao Zedong began taking land reforms sometimes he used violence. When he made a good decision he promoted the role of women, he improved education and the health care. He was so scared that he was going to fail being leader so he killed or imprisoned every Chinese that talked bad about him. -
Foreign Involvement in Korea and Vietnam in Terms of Containment of Communism
On June 25, 1950 North Korea and South Korea fought. the Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel. American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. This war brought communism. It brought communism because in this war people were invading other people's land. So land was just there for anybody to get. Communism caused lots of wars just like this one. -
The Vietnam War and the Containment of Communism
North Vietnam and South Vietnam fought in the war. There were other countries in the war like the United States, South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic. This war contained Communism too because The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
East Indian Company
The British East India Company was founded in 1600. The arrival of the British and the Dutch in India was unwelcome to the Portuguese. The Portuguese were trying to control the Asian trade. Holland and Spain drove Portuguese out of the spice trade.
