Revolution




 * __Essential Questions__**

1. Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? The people who live in that country or area should decide what is best for them. - Include the people in the choice but have people who are trained to make the decision for the beinifit of the people. 2. What makes people comply or reject? Whoever is controlling the country (president, ruler, dictator, etc.) makes the people of that country decide if they want to comply to that person or reject them depending on their goals and plans for them. - Equallity and justice of a government or if you have a voice in the choice 3. What makes a revolution successful? What makes a revolution successful is having all the people of that one area starting the revolution be on the same page and want the same things. If everyone is on the same page then they are able to meet common goals and achieve what they want. If everyone wants different things then they are not going to achieve them together or successfully. - Being persistant with your case and also involving large amounts of people involved. Make sure you have a lot of organization 4. Who are the winners in a political revolution? The winners in a political revolution are the people who come out in a majority being happy and coming out with the goal that they wanted to achieve. 5. What causes change in a society? New rulers, laws, policies and plans, and other switches cause change in a society. - The decisions made by political leaders, enviornmental changes, technological changes.

**__Revolution:__** - a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system. - a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly and often accompanied by violence. - Revolting - government issues - political revolt - change - improvement
 * ** Define it in your own words: **
 * - ** A revolution is a change in a society when people protest/ react to something the government does.
 * ** Look up a definition of the term: **
 * ** What are characteristics or acts you associate with Revolutions **

__** Revolutionary Ideas **__ I think that the most important out of the three is Justice because, justice is a mix of both equality and liberty. Justice is related to freedom because you will get what you deserve and it is related to equality because everybody deserves and gets justice.

__** Fever Model For American Revolution **__

Questions On Markup: 1. From the late 1800s to the 20th century, what were some of the "underlying" cause of unrest in China (Incubation period) Corruption, peasant unrest, ineffective government, rapid population growth, the Qing Dynasty, warlords, and foreigners started to create unrest in China. Inequalitly 2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911? The Qing Dynasty was overthrown and imperialism had ended. There was an attempt to spread western influence but very few benefited. In realitly, very little had changed for China.The rich were the pones who benefited. 3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government. Both had their own government established in China. At first they tried to form an alliance but it soon ended as they tried to go back and forth trying to gain power in China. Eventually, with 10% of it's people remaining, the communists won and it was considered the revolution of 1949. Mao then took control of China. 4. Highlight the role of Mao in China Mao said he wanted to benefit China and create a "new culture" and get rid of the "four olds" of China but he only made it worse. He took basic rights away such as freedom of speech and being able to own your own land. He also made people work on communes and be peasant farmers. Many had died of starvation due to this as they worked long hard hours. Mao also had the Red Guard police go around to make sure everyone was following his orders and if people weren't acting like a "model communist" they might have been shot. He also had intellectuals put into jail camps or be executed. Mao did try to help the Chinese women by helping them get equal rights to men and doing things like ending foot binding that had been a Chinese tradition that he wanted to end.



The message of this political cartoon is that equality does not mean the same thing as justice. Equality is everyone having equal things and being completely equal to each other while justice is being fair. Justice allows for equal opportunity as some people need different things than others so we cannot give everyone the equal thing, but instead the equal opportunity.

__**China Under Mao Video :**__
 * For much of its history china was ruled by dynasties
 * During 1500's as the demand for Chinese goods increased, European interest in china grew.
 * Tired of imperial rule and foreign influence, Chinese rebels forced out China's last emperor inn 1911
 * In October of 1949 the Chinese Civil War ended with the communist gaining control of china.
 * landlords were publicly humiliated because he didn't want wealthy people
 * With fewer peasants farming and new, risky agricultural techniques being used, food production fell.
 * Intellectuals were sent to the country side
 * 50-75 millions people died during the reign of Mao

__**Summary :**__ Mao had a drastic impact on china as hew revolutionized china, he changed the way that everything was done and he improved everything. While he was in power he turned china into a communist nation. The people of China liked Mao because they created a shrine for him where his grave is and you can see his body because its preserved. This shows how what he did for china was good and the people of china liked it. Even though lots of people died during his reign the people of china seem to like him for all that he has done and how he has revolutionized 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. A revolution involves the parties that is taking part in the act to get their hands dirty with violence and it cannot be very "civilized" in nature simply because the government sees the revolutionaries as a threat to the state/rebels while the revolutionaries sees their government as a tyrant that needs to be deposed and if both sides don't respect the other, then obviously things won't be pretty. The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. If one wants to get a revolution, one would need more than just themselves to start one. Needs more like minded individuals to pull a revolution off successfully. 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. Fighting one another is the highest level of dealing with disagreements between two different entities and groups which is true as most groups consider violence and war as the last resort. Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." By threatening others with violence or that you would shoot them if they don't comply is an easy way to gain someone's obedience which translates to political power.
 * — From //Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan// **
 * — From //Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work// **
 * — From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// **
 * — From //Problems of War and Strategy// **

Mao Zedong would define revolution as a struggle by the people against a tyrannical government in order to achieve equal equality for everyone and abolish the class system; all of which are for the greater good. But to achieve this, one would need a lot of support from the masses and willing to go violent against the opposition to achieve it. I do agree because revolutions do require a lot of bloodshed and support from the people to succeed at all since it is just a bunch of angry civilians rising up against the government and its army and riot police. Things will get violent as the government wants to crush the uprising as soon as possible and the rebels wants to make their demands as soon as possible and violence is often the fastest way to go.
 * __**According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution**__?
 * __**Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes)**__

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=__**Attempting to Erase History**__= [] = = =__**Video On Modern Day China**__=
 * What do you see ?**
 * lots of modern buildings
 * lots of lights on buildings
 * fastest rail roads
 * lots of technology
 * lots of western influences
 * What is missing ?**
 * no people on the streets
 * no voice of the people
 * no rural areas

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