Act+Two+late+1910s

= Act II Late 1910s General Timeline  =
 * 1914 **- Dr. Sun Yatsen founded the Revolutonay Party of China (Gemingdang) to replace the (Guomingdang)
 * 1915- **Japand attacked and took over the German territory in Shangdong and made 21 Demands
 * 1916 **-Death of Yuan Shikai after a four year rule; began the era of warlords, China was torn again
 * 1917 **-China entered the First World War & Dr Sun Yatsen stepped back into power
 * 1919 **- May fourth Movement Beijing that lead to the Great Intellect Revolution

** People & Events **
 * Dr. Sun Yatsen **
 * Considered the founding father of modern China
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">First great revolutionary of the twentieth century
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Led a movement against a centuries old dynasty and against foreign powers who were draining China's wealth
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Emphasized the people's freedom and independence
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Yuan Shikai **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Powerful general, prime minister in the Qing government and commander of the armed forces
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Dr. Sun stepped down from presidency because he feared northern provinces would not accept him since he was a southerner, had no army
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Yuan Shikai was promoted to provisional president of the Chinese Republic, and forced emperor Puyi to abdicate
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Had support of the foregin powers
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Reforms: opium trade was outlawed, prisons and schools were improved, and the wearing of queues were banned
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Attempted to become emperor but an anti-imperial revolt happened
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">During third revolution Yuan's generals split up and became independent warlords, he lost the support of most of China by 1916 and finally agreed that China should remain a republic
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Era of the War Lords **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">from 1926-1928, country divided between Sichuan, Shanxi, Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Gansu, and Xinjiang.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Government lost control after Yuan Shikai
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Southern Provinces originally rebelled against Yuan Shikai's authoriarianism.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Country was under control of a collection of armies by 1928 there were two million soldiers in the warlord armies
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Opium flourished again
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">[[image:wupeifusoldierstrainingpy7.jpg width="640" height="333" align="left"]]

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">(Young Soldiers in training during the era of the Warlords) //
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">First World War **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Expected that the peace Treaty of Versailles announced in 1919 would return all concessions held by foreigner, <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">instead Japan kept Shandong
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Japan made 21 outrageous demands: like control all trade, rely on Japan for all its financial, political and military advisers, meaning Japan would basically rule China
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">May Fourth Movement **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Beijing University students held a National Humiliation day on May 7th to condemn the 21 demands of Japan made in 1915
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Manifesto: China's territory may be conquered but it cannot be given away & the chinese people may be massacred but they will not surrender
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">lead to the great intellect upheaval
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px;">Great Intellect Revolution **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Protest against the Treaty of Versailles & movement for a new China
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">** Flood of media about China's past, present and future **
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">** Impacted Chinese society and created a demand for ideas and learning, traditional values were giving way to new ideas **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">** Bibliography ** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">China Revolutionary Leadership <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">John Wood & Andrew McManus <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 90%;">Copyright 1998 Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Limited <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px;">** Photo ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">forum.axishistory.com