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 bbbbbbbb Fall of Dynastic China (1644--1800s) Pictures: Description of Event:
 * emperors ruled china for 2000 years
 * Society was made into a pyramid
 * empor collected fewer taxes
 * british treded illegal drugs

Causes: Dynastic China had falled they wented through a short point inconflict. Then the Chinese aurthites to force them to open up a trade. Sun's who was influence by the westerns he wanted to establish ademocratic goverment. Effects:
 * ** dynastic governments became corrupt, unresponsible, **
 * ** Lost mandate of heaven **
 * ** dynasties fell, and China went through period of chaos and conflict **
 * ** after military defeats, made china a virtual colony **
 * ** soldiers rebelled against Manchu Dynasty **
 * ** Flood of violence **
 * ** Bandits and lesser warlords exploited peasants throughout China **

Communist Revolution (Dates--Dates) Pictures Description of Event: Causes: One cause is that the peasants starved in the 20s and 30s because they had no money. Another cause is that the communists won support from the from collecting land and giving it to the poor peasants. Another cause is Effects:
 * communist party was formed
 * collecting land from rich landlords and redistributing it to poor peasants
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Soviet Socialism (1949-1956) Pictures: Modernized China

Description of Event:
 * The Soviet Union provided support to the Chinese by loaning money and heavy equipment, and providing expert technical advice.
 * In 1953 the Chinese government reversed the original landreform.
 * In 1956, it became clear that Mao disageed withthte Soviet leaders on the fundamental path a socialist nation should take to achieve communist goals. Mao felt that the Soviet Union moved too slowly toward communism.
 * China asserted its independance.

Causes:
 * The Communist Revolution ended
 * Communist leaders wanted to modernize China's underdevolped economy
 * Chinese turned to the soviets for guidance and support

Effects mao beleived that modern china needed a cultural revolution and needed to destroy the four olds-old ideas, old culture, old customs, old habits.

leaders of the communist party did not agree with mao, so he turned to young people, later called red gaurds, to gaurd the cultural revolution.

would humilate,beat, and kill anyone wearing or following any of the four olds without any punishment to them. they destroyed everything in the country involving the four olds.

Great Leap Forward (1956-1961) Pictures Description of Event Causes Effects- 1. if they resisted or spoke out they were kill or punished

Cultural Revolution (Dates--Dates) Pictures Description of Event Causes Effects**:**
 * gang of four killed 34,000 people
 * ** gang of four tryed to overthrow the gov **
 * **gov policy shifted again**
 * **many radical policies of the cultural revolution**

Economic Reforms of Deng Xiaoping (Dates--Dates) Pictures __**Description of Event **__ Causes Deng distrusted intellectuals and respected peasant values Deng praised scientists and engineers He wanted China to raise above peasant culture. He believed Bejing should plan a socialist economy
 * Mao changes leardership to Deng
 * Deng Iintiated the Responsibilty System
 * Agricultrural and industrial production increased enormously after Deng Xiaoping started his economic reforms.
 * Deng allowed citxens to start their own private businesses


=Effects =
 * peasants gradually left state-owned collectives
 * they tended to their own private plots of land
 * these reforms yielded increased agricultural
 * industry capitalist enterprise came to be accepted.
 * deng allowed citizens to start their own private businesses,
 * they were to hire people to work and to earn a profit from the labor of others.
 * agricultural and industrial production increased enormously after Deng Xiaoping started his economic reforms
 * despite this success, however China still lacked efficient energy and transportation systems

Protest for Democracy at Tiananmen Square (Dates--Dates) Pictures: Description of Event:  
 * During Dengs rule, people expressed their feelings about the government.
 * Students had a huge protest at the Tiananmen square.
 * Government tried to clear out the protest because it got a lot of attention.

Causes: > Effects blocking the army from getting to the square.
 * Students made posters criticizing the government and hung them up on a wall called the Democracy Wall.
 * They demanded the government to consider political reforms, like freedom of press.
 * The students protested for a month and gained alot of attention.
 * Government did little to stop the students, even when some starved themselves.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eventually, the government orderd troops to go to the tiananmen square to impose martial law over the students.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Citizens blocked the troops from getting to the square.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, on june 3, 1989, Deng called in the army to use force to clear out the citizens.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The army killed between 700 and 3,000 citizens, most were not the students, but the citizens
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deng remained in Power, and no political reforms occurred.