HIST 2710 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Guangxu Emperor, Sun Yat-Sen, Puyi
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Lecture 18: remaking china (1900-1927) [textbook = chapters 20-23] [note: * = most important for the next exam] November 14, 1908: death of emperor guangxu (empress cixi was acting as his regent) Was the great-nephew of empress cixi ascends the throne at age 3 (his father, prince chun, acts as his. November 15, 1908: the death of empress cixi regent) tried to go through with some of empress cixi"s reforms gave china a constitution. February 17, 1909: qing court establishes provincial assemblies gave the chinese representation in government (this pleased the han chinese) Elections were limited to males with restrictions on age, wealth, and education gave the manchus major representation in government (this led to antimanchu sentiment) Wanted to start a national revolution to bring down the imperial system and introduce a republic proposed the 3 people"s principles . Put all the power in the hands of the people.
