Chinese revolution SBQ .docx

DUNMANHIGHSCHOOLHUMANITIES&AESTHETICSPROGRAMMEYEAR3D1HISTORY Name: ANSWER ( ) Class:_______ Date:____________ Unit2:WhydidtheChineseRevolutionbreakout? SourceA: Excerptsfroma translationofthe1912ImperialEdictoftheAbdicationoftheXuantongEmperor Owningtoanearlieruprisingofthepeople'sarmy, all provinces haverisenupinsupport, Jiuzhou–Huaxia hasbeenplungedintodisorder, andthepeopleareinmisery…Now, the majorityof thepeopleareleaningtowards republicanism;provincesintheSouthandtheCentraltookthefirststepinadvocatingforit,thenthemilitaryofficersintheNorthalsodesiredtofollowtheirexample…Howcouldwethen,forthehonorandgloryof theroyalclan, persistinopposingthedesireofmillionsofpeople?…We, hereby, transfertherulingpowertothepeopleof the country, anddecidethatthe formof Governmentshallbeconstitutionalrepublicanism. Thisis to satisfythedemandsof thepeoplewhoyearnforpeace. SourceB: ExtractedfromtheBritannicaonlineencyclopediaentryontheoriginsofthe1911Chineserevolution. The chainof eventsimmediatelyleadingto the revolution beganwhenanagreementwassigned(April5,1911)withafour-powergroupofforeignbankersfortheconstructionofrailwaylinesinChina. The Qingcentral governmentdecidedtobuyoverexistingrailwayrightsgiventolocalcompaniesin Sichuanaspartofthis agreement. Thesumoffereddid not meetthe demandsof the localshareholders,andin September1911 thedissatisfactionboiledoverintoopenprotestsagainsttheQinggovernment.OnOctober10,in consequenceof theuncoveringof a plotin Hankou thathadlittleornoconnectionwiththeSichuanepisode,a mutinybrokeoutamongthetroopsthere, andthisisregardedastheformalbeginningoftherevolution.ThemutineersrapidlycapturedWuchang,andsoonafter, provincesafterprovincesdeclaredtheirindependencefromtheQingcourt.

SourceC: AFrenchpoliticalcartoonfrom1898."Chine"(Frenchfor China)isbeingdividedbetweencaricaturesof figuresrepresenting theUnitedKingdom,Germany, Russia, FranceFrench andJapan.Chinaisrepresentedbythefigurewhothrowsuphishandstotryandstopthem. 1. StudySourceA Howuseful isthissourceinexplainingthecausesoftheChineseRevolutionin1911? AcknowledgementSourceA: Adaptedfromhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Edict_of_the_Abdication_of_the_Qing_EmperorSourceB: Adaptedfromhttps://www.britannica.com/event/Chinese-Revolution-1911-1912SourceC: Takenfromhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_imperialism_cartoon.jpg

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