Revolution



__//**Essential Questions: **//__ __1. Who should decide what is best for ‘the people’? __ __2. What makes people comply or reject? __ __3. What makes a revolution successful? __ __4. Who are the winners in a political revolution __ __5. What causes change in a society? __
 * //The majority of the people should decide what is best for themselves, as they are the ones who are aware of what they are in need of. The majority also, because they know what can benefit or negatively affect themselves because they end up being the ones affected in the end. The people know themselves better than anyone. //
 * //If the idea is supported and liked by the people, then the people will comply to it. But if the idea is not supported or disliked by the people, it will be rejected. Comply is with agreement, and reject is a disagreement; which can be base upon the benefits or drawbacks to the situations, as well as whether their voices are heard or not. //
 * //A revolution will become successful if the people work together and conform on common grounds, as well as people believing in the same things. Persistence as well as knowing what is wanted will contribute to making a revolution successful. Organization will be necessary in making success of a revolution. //
 * //A political revolution is won by the ones who win their seats in the government. In a political revolution, the people who got the change in government. //
 * //A biased opinion as well as conflict in a society will lead to disagreements within it, and is prone to cause change. Decisions made by political leaders can cause the society to change. //

//__**Revolution: **__// __In my own words:__ //Revolution is when a place or nation undergoes a series of events or changes, that change the way that things occur in that place or nation; revolving them to a new idea.// __Real definition:__ //A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.//

__//**Characteristics I associate with Revolution: **//__ //- Stamp Act // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Boston Massacre // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Tea Act // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- Boston Tea Party. //

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__**// Ranking of the three topics: //**__ // I feel as if Equality is the most important in a society, as it serves the most conformity into a society. Not having equality in the society you are living in, means not having liberty, and not receiving the well being of people as you are not equally measured to the others in the society. //
 * 1) //Equality//
 * 2) //Justice//
 * 3) //Liberty//

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// The political cartoon is expressing that having equal rights doesn't always benefit everyone depending on their situation. In order to achieve equality we have to give an extra advantage to those who need it the most in order for us to all be on an even playing field. //


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__//** Questions on Chinese Revolution Mark Up: **//__ __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 and having an ineffective government were what the Chinese dynasty had been suffering from. // __2. What changes occurred in China after the revolution of 1911?__ // After the revolution of 1911, China had been rid of the four olds, which included old ideas, old customs, old culture and old habits. In addition to this change, china had changed in a way that benefited the rights of women. // __3. Explain the role of the Nationalists and Communists in the Chinese Government__ // Mao declared the peoples' republic of china, which had ended the civil war between the Communists and Nationalists. // __4. Highlight the role of Mao in China__ // In China, Mao played a very influential role, as he had caused this major change, eliminating the four olds, and creating new ways for china, including the adding of rights for women. // //<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ideas, customs, habits, and culture are the four olds. //

//<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**China Under Mao Video Notes:**__ // //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~China was mainly ruled by Dynasties. // //~Dynasties were ruled by emperors.// //~As the demand for Chinese goods increased, European interest in China grew.// //~Europeans forced China's government to trade and went as far as to take parts of China.// //~Chinese rebels forced out China's last emperor in 1911.// //~A republic formed but there were struggles for power.// //~In October 1949, the Chinese Civil War ended with the Communists gaining control over China.// //~Mao's first priority was to erase any evidence of social inequality in his country.// //~Mao didn't want there to be wealthy people and poor people, which led to 3-6 million deaths.// //~Food production fell due to less peasants farming// //~Mao called for a new cultural revolution// //~Intellectuals were sent to the countryside and forced into manual labor.// //~Between 50-75 million people died during the reign of Mao.//

__Based on the video and your notes, what impact did Mao have on China?__ //Mao seemed to have had an extremely negative impact on China. Many citizens committed suicide due to Mao's attempt at erasing social inequality. He believed that everyone should have equal rights to economic availability.//

//__ **Quotes From Mao:** __// <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">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. //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~Mao is stating that there is no such thing as a joyous revolution. Revolutions are never handled and/or managed in a peaceful way, it directly leads to violence. ////<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mao is portraying revolution as a process by which violence is bound to take place, and there will be no revolution to take place in a peaceful manner. //
 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan// **

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">The revolutionary war is a war of the masses; it can be waged only by mobilizing the masses and relying on them. //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~The masses are basically what defines a revolutionary war, where their mobilization is relied on. ////<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In order for a revolution to be successful, you need to have the people behind you willing to help. //
 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Be Concerned with the Well-Being of the Masses, Pay Attention to Methods of Work// **

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">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. //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~This quote identifies that war is the farthest thing that a conflict can be brought to, and it can arise due to classes, states, nations, political groups, and private properties of some of these things. ////<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mao is saying that there become problems when there are different social classes. The “haves” and “have nots” are what starts these revolutionary problems. //
 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War// **

<span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">~This quote identifies that the truth of communist power comes from weapons, and these weapons are their way of strength. It shows that in order for communists party to continue and flourish, there is also the USE of a lot of weapons such as guns. This implies that many are either hurt or killed in order for the communists to continue to grow. ////<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mao is saying that whoever has the better military or the upper hand to better militia, they will be the one who rules. //
 * <span style="background-color: #cde5d5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">— From //Problems of War and Strategy// **

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to the quotes above how might Mao Zedong define revolution? __ //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">According to these quotes, I feel as though Mao's perception of revolution involves violence without question. Mao is saying that in order to have a revolution, you need violence and once that violence is taken away from the equation, so is the idea of a revolution. Also, war is believed to be the most intense effect of a conflict, and ////<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mao identifies what he sees as ways that a war comes about most often (quote 3 answer). Mao identifies what he believes to be the strength of the communists, being that they only have physical threat and strength. In order to have a revolution you need the support of many followers and in order to maintain a revolution you have to control it by force. // __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Do you agree with quotes of Mao? Why or why not? (use specific evidence from the quotes) __ //<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I do agree with these quotes from Mao, as they strongly identify my own view on a revolution .As we know, a revolution is the fight to make a change in a nation, and that can realistically not be done without violence, as there will always be an opposing side. I also agree with the things that he identifies are the culprits to the start of a revolutionary war. //

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//**__Modern China Observations:__**// //~All infrastructures were very modern// //~All very updated and has a lot of western ideas/influences// //~The worlds fastest train// ~//No images of any of the people or their opinion or connection towards anything// //**__Video on Modern China Questions:__**// //In this video I see a lot of updates and ways of making China appealing to the eye, and making it look very modernized and developed as a whole. Everything seems to come together in a way to make no negatives out about it. There are a lot of large buildings and lights, as well as transportation and city life. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There is a lot of technology and waterways, and a lot of updating involved. There are many western influences, and modern buildings. //

//In this video, it does not include things that make China crowded and over populated, as well as showing the negatives about it and how it is in fact difficult to live there. There is no sign of people, or engagement with these buildings, even with their overpopulation. //

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