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Chinese Nationalist oust the last Qing emperor, Puyi
During the reign of the Qing dynasty, China experienced numerous losses, and was very embarrased. From all these losses, the citizens learned that China needed to modernize in order to be safe from the European powers. The group that was pushing for modernization was Kuomintang. The first leader of this group was Sun Yixian. Eventually, in 1911, the Revolutionary Alliance, a previous leader of the Kuomintang, overthrew the last emperor, Puyi. -
World War I begins as Austria declares war of Serbia
Serbia wanted to unite all the Slavic population of the Balkan region.While Russia supported this idea, Austria did not. Therefore, Austria annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, an area full of Slavic people. As a result, tensions between the two nations increased. Archduke Franz Ferdinand visited Bosnia one day, and was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, member of the Black Hand. So, Austria gave Serbia an ultimatum, and Serbia couldn't meet up to the Austrian's expectations, so Austria declared war. -
U.S. Enters the war
Starting from the unrestricted submarine warfare to the Zimmermann telegram, there were a plenty of incidents that angered US. The Germans first propsed the unrestricted submarine warfare, and sinked the passenger ship Lusitania that contained 128 US citizens. Furthermore, the US intercepted a note sent by a German secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, stating that they will help Mexico reconquer their lost land if they ally with Germany. This outraged the citizens and led to entering the war. -
Armistice signed as Allies defeat Central Powers
After signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Germany went all out against the French, crushing everything and reaching theh Marne River once again. Germany had a good chance of winning the war. However, by that time, the German soldiers was exhausted, so the Allies, with the help of U.S, defeated the Germans. This was called the Second Battle of Marne. After that, the Central Powers fell apart, and the German government, now a republic, signed an armistice with the French in a railway car in Paris -
Gandhi leads Indian camapaign of civil disobedience
The Amristar Massacre angered many citizens, including Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi, however, tried to gain independence from the British government by using peace. Gandhi made the Indian National Congress to use civil disobedience against the Britsih government. This meant that the Indians would not obey an unfair law, and used only peace to achieve independence. -
Mustafa Kemal transforms Turkey into Republic
Turkey was the only territory that remained after the fall of the Ottoman empire. Knowing that the current Turkish sultan was powerless, the Greek soldiers invaded Turkey, saying that they will take over. Mustafa Kemal emerged, and successfully defended against the Greeks. After the fight, the nationalists overthrew the Ottoman sultan and made Kemal the president of the Republic of Turkey. Turkey was the first country to become a republic in SE asia. -
MaoZedong heads Long March
The Nationalists and the Communists got along for the first few years after the treaty, successing in fighting of the warlords. However, Jiang Jieshi sent soldiers to Shanghai to kill the Communists. The Nationalist almost killed all the Communists. Therefore, Mao Zedong escaped to a mountain, but Jiang outnumbered the Communists and made the Communists retreat. This retreat was called the Long march, a 6000-mile trip in which numerous soldiers died of famine and more.
