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The Qing Dynasty conquered Taiwan in 1683 and ruled it until it was ceded to Japan in 1895.
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Taiwan was merged into the Fujian province of China. This caused Chinese immigration into Taiwan. This immigration was aided by a famine. Taiwan was previously inhabited by Polynesian and Malay peoples.
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The end of the First Sino-Japanese War resulted in the Qing Dynasty ceding Taiwan to Japan.
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The Xinhai Revolution by the Kuomingtang overthrows the Qing Dynasty.
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The Republic of China was founded in 1912 as the successor to the Qing Dynasty.
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In 1927, Communists revolted against the Nationalist government, marking the beginning of the Chinese Civil War.
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With the defeat of Japan in World War II, Taiwan was ceded to China.
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The Chinese Communists won the Chinese Civil War against the Nationalists. The Nationalists flee to Taiwan. Taiwan was and still considered not an independent country, but rather a Chinese Province.
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After the Nationalists' defeat, Chiang Kai-shek moved the Republic of China to Taiwan. Martial law was imposed to suppress political opposition.
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Chiang Kai-shek's son began democratic reforms in Taiwan starting in the 1980's. The mark of the end of one-party rule began with the end of martial law.
