Transcript Sun Yat-sen & Fall of the Qing

By Andy Wilder, Riley Newell, David
Morgenstern, and Justin Martin
Fleming
2-17-05
Period 4/5
What role did Sun Yet-sen play in the
collapse of the Qing dynasty, and what
were his goals for China?
During the late 1800's and early 1900's, even the
empress Dowager, who
hated reforms was forced to embrace them. This
created social
upheaval, Sun Yet-sen, a young radical, formed the
Revived China
Society in the last decade of the 19th century. Sun was
educated in
Hawaii; he had a convention in Tokyo (1905) in which he
united radical
groups from across China into the so called
"Revolutionary Alliance"
also known as Tongmenghui or T'ung Meng Hui.
"Three People's
Principles" are as follows
1.
2.
3.
Nationalism (Kill Manchus)
Democracy
People's livelihood
He LOVED the number 3
The three stage process
1.
2.
3.
Military Takeover
Something the book doesn't list
Constitutional Democracy
•The inexperienced organization would benefit from
discontent of citizens
•October 1911, they revolted in Wuhan in Central China.
While Sun was visiting America, the group lacked
leadership.
•Sun returned but his party was too weak for an
effective revolution. So, he bribed General
Yuan Shikai who was ordered to suppress the
rebellion. Ended previous Manchu dynasty
The Revolutionary
Alliance was aimed for middle class to be the
foundation. The middle
class in China was too small and few even
participated which caused
them to fail to make a good government.
Sun Yet-sen destroyed the old
government but could not create a
replacement government.