Revolution



==**1. **Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? == The leader of the nation should decide what is best for the people. The people of the country should decide whats best for them.
 * Essential Questions:**

2. What makes people comply or reject?
People of the country should comply or reject based on their leader and how well they lead the nation.

3. What makes a revolution successful?
Persistence and knowing exactly what you want. Involving large groups and masses of the population that have the same goals. Also having organizations as supporters help make the revolution successful.

4. Who are the winners in a political revolution
The people usually end up winning a revolution because they could get to a point where the government can't control the revolution so they end up doing what the people want.

5. What causes change in a society
The government, environment, and technology could contribute to changes in the society.


 * Revolution: **

> A revolution is when a group of people protest against the government or an law placed on them.
 * ** Define it in your own words: **
 * ** Look up a definition of the term **
 * a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.


 * ** What are characteristics or acts you associate with Revolutions **
 * War **
 * Violence **
 * Boston Tea Party **
 * Revolutionary War **


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__**Ranking Equality, Liberty, and Justice**__ 1. Equality- This is the most important because once you are given equal right, you can e given the right of freedom 2.Liberty- This is the second most important because liberty is a result of equality 3.Justice- This is the least important because by having justice it makes equality and liberty strong

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The Qing Dynasty began to suffer due to corruption, peasant unrest, and ineffective government. This was also brought about the rapid growth of population China was facing. Warlords and Foreigners were also contributed to the suffering of the Quig Dynasty. The poor outweighed the wealthy. People began to revolt against the government under the leadership of Sun Yat-Sen. They overthrew the Qing Dynasty which ended 2000 years of Chinese Dynasty. The goal was to westernize china. in reality very little had changed. Only the wealthy benefited from this change, some Chinese cities did in fact get wealthier but peasant life stayed the same. The Chinese Communist Party led by Chaing Kai Senk and the Chinese Nationalist Party led by Mao Zedong formed in alliance to get rid of all western influence. Both had their own government and their own different point of views but they had the same intentions which was to rid China of western influence. Mao Zedong led a 6000 mile march through North China with 90,000 soldiers. The march was so torturous that only 10% survived. Mao Zedong became the leader of Communist Party controlled all of China. His intentions was to get rid of Japan as a threat and to also abolish all forms western influence. He ruled out any opposition and ended free speech. He did introduce some reforms to modernize China, this only benefited the wealthy and those who lived the cities.He attempted to raise food production with the Great Leap Forward by taking away land from the citizens and nationalized all private industries.
 * 1. From the late 1800's to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period) **
 * 2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911? **
 * 3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government **
 * 4. Highlight the role of Mao in China **

The political catoon is expressing that having equal rights doesn't always benefit everyone depending on the circumstance. In order to achieve equality we have to give an extra adavntage to those who need it,
 * What is nhe message of this political cartoon?**


 * __China Under Mao Video Notes__**
 * Much of China was ruled by Dynasties
 * Dynasties were ruled by Emperors
 * During the 1500, European interest in china grew
 * Europeans forced China government to trade with them
 * Chinese rebels forced out China's emperor in1911 because they were tired of imperial rule.
 * A republic was formed but struggle between the Nationalist and Communist party
 * Chiang Kai Senk was supported by the US.
 * October 1949, the Chinese civil war ended and Mao Zedong became president
 * His first priority was to erase evidence in social inequality
 * He wanted everyone to share wealth that the people made
 * Intellectuals were persecuted
 * This resulted in 3.6million deaths
 * Mao called for a red cultural revolution
 * He created The Red guard
 * 50 - 75 million died during the reign of Mao.

Mao Zedong ruling over China impacted the lives of over 50 million people.Although his intentions were for the better of the country, the results only benefited the wealthy and made conditions worse for the poor. Much of his plans included the rid of evidence in social inequality. He wanted people to share their wealth among each other but that only created famine and the death of 3.6 million people. He rewired the peoples values, ideas, and lives.
 * How did Mao Zedong impact China?**

A revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery; it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.
 * __Quotes by__** __Mao__

Mao describes a revolution as an act of violence rather than a positive event. It requires more than just mediocre effort, one needs to be willing to put their life on the line.
 * — From //Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan// **

The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them.

What he means is that a revolutionary war is only possible with the support of thousands of people. It could only be continued with the support of thousands. Without them the war doesn't happen.
 * — From //Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work// **

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">War is the highest form of struggle for resolving contradictions, when they have developed to a certain stage, between classes, nations, states, or political groups, and it has existed ever since the emergence of private property and of classes.

War is based on self determining ideologies and they keep on reappearing due to the inequalities of people. This is what creates problems. He believed that war happened between people of different classes.
 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">— From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// **

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."


 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">— From //Problems of War and Strategy// **

For you to gain political power, you have to be able to pose a threat to those who oppose you. Every communist must use force in order to stay in power.


 * Students should discuss and and answer the following questions. **<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">**..**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">His definition of revolution would be that a revolution is an act of violence that occurs when there is in inequality present among people in which it can lead to the overthrowing of the government,it requires the support of thousands of people, and in order to maintain a revolution, you have to control it by force. I agree with his idea that a revolution isn't a "dinner party or like painting a picture", a revolution is a serious act that one doesn't play around with. One needs to able to be willing to be a martyr for what he believes in.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">__**According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution**__?
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) **__

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I see pictures of Old Chinese building, government buildings, Skyscrapers, water fountains, the Chinese flag, the worlds fastest train, and venues that were used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Western ideas such a billboards and sleek buildings.
 * Here is a Brief Video on Modern China: [|Modern China] You must click on the link to view the video**
 * **There are only pictures in this video**
 * What do you see in the video?**

The video never showed a picture of the Tienanmen Square and people being shown in any of these locations.
 * What is missing?**

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