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The Chinese Revolution In the 1900s little parts of China were being taken over by the outside countries. A lot of Chinese families were angered that the Emperor wasn't putting a stop to it. This led to the development of People's National Party. In 1911 they forced the Emperor out and created a Republican Government. Then the Nationalists split forming a Communist Party, finding a leader known as Mao Zedong. He made tons of changes in China, following that the one baby policy came into place in 1979, allowing one baby per family to decrease China's population.

As to little parts of China were being taken over by the outside countries, Angering the Chinese families, this unrest led to the development of the peoples Nationalist Party, led by Sun Yat-sen. In 1911 the people's Nationalist Party forced the Emperor out and created a Republican Government.But the Nationalist Party was unable to unite China or force out the various countries that were claiming land there. Soon Sun Yat-sen passed away, a guy Chiang Kia-shek took over his place, he built up a Nationalist Army, with this army he reclaimed Chinese land from other countries. Then the Nationalist Party split forming a Communist party who believed that peasants should have a say in the government. Chiang disagreed with this and forced all the communist into a small area in Southern China. Finding a leader by the name of Mao Zedong.

Mao and the communist claimed the Northwest lowering taxes, and giving the peasants more power. As more and more Chinese heard of Mao’s changes they joined the communists. Eventually a communist army put together by Mao drove Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists out of China and into Taiwan. Mao now started making changes all over China. Around 1966 Mao decided that not enough people wer supporting his government, so he decided that the country need a Cultural Revolution. He got college students and young people involved in destroying the past. The tore down architecture that was representative of the past. The destroyed art and books from the days of the emperors. Mao also put together the red guard which questioned people about the allegiance to the communists and even jailed or executed individuals who they thought were not good communists. However in 1968 Mao put a stop to the Cultural Revolution feeling it had gone too far.