By. Tiara White, Neyda , Demitric Turner

Opium

Opium War

Was fought between British East Indi company and the Qing Dynasty of China from 1839-1842

It began because Britain smuggled opium (an illegal drug) into China which defiance Chinas drug laws and erupted into warfare against China and Britain

China defeated Britain However the war officially ended with the signing

of the Treaty of Nanking which marked the end of the war.

Chaing kai- shek

Chiang kai –shek Took Sun-Yat Sen place as chairman of the National

military council of the Republic of china in 1925.Chiang took control of the Kuomintang.To end the Warlord era and unify China, Chiang led

national troops in the Northern Expedition.During the Civil war after the Japanese surrendered,

he attempted to eradicate the Chinese communist but failed, forcing his Kuomintang government to retreat to Taiwan.

He served as President of the Republic of China and Director- General of the Kuomintang until he died in 1925.

Boxer Rebellion

Boxer Rebellion Was a rebellion led by a group called the

Boxers in china in 1900.There goal was to defeat the Qing Dynasty

and air force all foreigners out of China.The British, French, Russian, Japanese and

America troops joined together to defeat the Boxers.

The defeated them leaving China in turmoil.

Sun Yat –Sen

Sun Yat - SenWas an ambitious leader that had long hoped

China would become a democracy.He founded the Chinese Nationalism party

which in 1911 toppled the Qing Dynasty.He was named the first president of China

but, for some politics reasons he gave it to Yuan Shigai in 1912.

Taiping RebellionBegan over peasants demanding equality for

women, the end of poverty, and the division of surplus harvest among the neediest

It began in 1850 and ended in 1864Took 20 million livesChinese military, with the help of other

nations finally crushed the last of the rebellion in 1868