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Outlining the Thematic Essay: A Collaborative Project by Barbara Ammirato Elizabeth Napp Theme: Change (Political Revolutions that Changed History) Throughout history, political revolutions had many causes. These revolutions affected society and led to many changes. The changes may or may not have resolved the problems that caused the revolution. Task: Choose one political revolution from your study of Global History and Geography and:  Explain the causes of the revolution  Describes the effects this political revolution had on society  Evaluate whether the changes that resulted from the political revolution resolved the problems that caused it

Chinese Communist Revolution (1949): Led by Mao Zedong

Causes: Effects: 1. Most Chinese 1. The Chinese Did the Revolution were poor, Communist resolve the problems landless nationalized all that caused the peasants. They property. revolution? labored on the Private property farms of the was abolished. 1. No, the gentry. They Land was revolution did were exploited redistributed. not resolve the and frequently problems that on the verge of 2. Women received caused the starvation. equal rights. revolution. Foot binding 2. The Nationalists was abolished 2. A new inequality forces of Chiang and education developed. The Kai-shek were was encouraged. power of the gentry corrupt. They used was replaced by the China’s wealth to 3. China became a power of the benefit themselves. totalitarian Communist party. dictatorship.