Revolution

=Revolution:=

**Essential Questions:**
== **1. **Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? == The people themselves should decide the best for 'the people'.

 2. What makes people comply or reject?
Living makes people comply or reject, because if a king or a government could make people live happily, then no one will stand up against them; if it's the other way, people will reject and eventually stand up and fight for their life.

 3. What makes a revolution successful?
Well organized and people willing to support, that kind of revolution will be successful.

 4. Who are the winners in a political revolution
I don't really know, but I think it's always the leaders or the one who's in power are the winners because it's all about power and ordinary people will not gain much out of it.

 5. What causes change in a society?
New ideas, new believes and new technology will cause change in a society.


 * Revolution: **

Create new government by tearing down the old one
 * ** 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 **
 * ** Violence **
 * ** Blood/Deaths **
 * ** Power **
 * ** Liberty **
 * ** Money **
 * ** Society **
 * ** Justice **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lBlkymfwl2EVGcLxq1OETcfUlmcjC05XrlRekZnuzS4/edit?usp=sharing
 * Template: **


 * Rank, **which of the three concepts discussed**
 * Liberty>Equality>Justice**


 * **Which do you feel is the most important and why?**
 * I feel liberty is the most important because without liberty, I will** restrict **by many things and couldn't do thing, that's not the life I want.**



Mark Up of Chinese Revolution:

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1. From the late 1800s to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period) The Qing Dynasty began suffer from corruption, peasant unrest and ineffective government; it created extremely food shortage for Chinese people and many of them died in starvation. Plus the European countries forced the Qing Dynasty to sign traitorous treaty, the Chinese were very angry by that.
 * increase of population
 * tremendous of ferment led to a huge amount of Chinese dying

2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911? Sun Yet-Sean overthrew Qing Dynasty and tried westernize China but only a small amount of wealthy gained benefits from it and still many poor were suffer.
 * Westernize China
 * End 2000 years Dynasty
 * lead the revolution
 * life didn't change

3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government Nationalist party tried to modernize China but it only benefited the wealthy and the people in the cities. Communist leader Mao took all the land of the land owner and gave them to the farmer and created collective farm in every village. One was favor the wealthy and one favor the farmers and poor. Tried to get rid of foreign nation influence
 * 1927 they were 1 group to get rid of foreign influence
 * Chiang Kai Sheia was leading nationalism
 * MaoZeDone was leading communism
 * Chiang massacred thousands of communist
 * Mao traveled all the way to the North China and 90 percent of his men died in the road- long march

Highlight the role of Mao in China:
 * the People of Liberation Guard
 * Great Leap Forward
 * Nationalist all the busniess and took all the lands
 * Red Guard
 * He burned all kind of Church and foregin books
 * Mao is not intentionally but he killed millions of Chinese people



What is the message of this political cartoon? People are not born the same, sometimes give the same thing to everyone doesn't put everyone in the same position. But justice offered same views for everyone. Sometimes we need to give a advantage to someone who is disadvantage.

Notes on China Under Mao:
 * 50-75 million people died during the reign of Mao
 * Chinese rebels forced out China's last emperor in 1911
 * struggles between two rival group 1927
 * Communists gaining control of China in 1949
 * Chiang feld to Taiwan establish the republic of China
 * Landlords humiliated and high-profile businessmen were labeled as "ememies of the state" =3-6 million death
 * Food Prodution failed
 * The Great Leap forward cause 30-45 millions died
 * Mao died in 1976
 * European intersted in China that had caused more rebels
 * Erase any part of social inequialty, this lead to 36 millions death

In 1927, Nationalist and Communist started fighting in China and it ended in 1949 with Mao established People Republic of China. Mao tried to get rid of all the western ideas and influences; Mao took all the lands from the landlord and labeled the high-profile businessmen as "emenies of the state" because he want all people to be rich instead of some, and it caused 3-6 million death; Mao tried to increased the Food Production but it caused 30-45 millions death. Under Mao's rule, 50-75 million people died because of his ineffective governance. China was not getting any better under Mao's rule, in some case, he made the situation worse. The "fixes" of Mao did not put people together but drived them apart from each others.

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.


 * — From //Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan// **

Revolution is never kind or gentle, is violence and blood, many people sacrificed themselves for the victory. There can't be a revolution without fighting. It is brutal, there's not such thing is peace revolution.

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

Revolution could not be involved only with 10 to 100, because it is one class overthrows another, it needs mass supports to do things like that. It needs majority to do revolutionary work. It has to people behind you, without them you would never win.
 * — From //Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work// **

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 a method to solve stuff. Inequality is a major reason of revolution.
 * — From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// **
 * Revolution is a struggle for resolving contradictions, the only way to bring people out of the struggle. **

Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."


 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Problems of War and Strategy// **

Political came from fights, bloods and violence, it is not came from talking. Communist have to lead by forces, that's how every communist rule.

Mao Zedong define revolution as an act of resolving inequality, an act of violence, with mass people support in order to win. Involves violence support of people it needs to control the military in order to maintain of revolution I agree with quotes of Mao, as he said revolution is "one class overthrow another", if you want overthrow a class, the class will defend themselves and tried to contain it, it involve violence. And "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun", I think is true because communist is not a good system to rule people, in order to rule as communist you will need forces to help your ruling.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">__**According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution**__?
 * __**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) **__

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