After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the collapse of Beiyang Navy marked the failure of the Westernization Movement, and the reformists began to advocate constitutional monarchy, which was destroyed by feudal forces. 1898, imperialism set off a frenzy to carve up China.
Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China further deepened the national crisis and became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society in the late Qing Dynasty. 19 1 1 year, the revolution of 1911 broke out and the Qing dynasty collapsed.
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19 1 1 In the summer of, the road protection movement broke out in four provinces of Hunan, Hubei, Guangdong and Sichuan, especially in Sichuan. On September 25th, Rongxian became independent, becoming the first regime in China to break away from the Qing Dynasty.
Push the road protection movement to a climax. On the evening of June+10 10, 65438, the Revolutionary Army of the Eighth Battalion of the New Army Project fired the first shot of the Wuchang Uprising. The revolutionary armies of Hanyang and Hankou captured Hanyang and Hankou on the night of 65438+ 10/day and 65438+1 0/2 respectively.
After the rebels took control of the three towns in Wuhan, the Hubei military government was established, with Li as the viceroy and the title changed to the Republic of China. Just two months after the victory of Wuchang Uprising, fifteen provinces including Hunan and Guangdong declared their independence from the Qing government.
On February 19 12, the Qing Dynasty issued the abdication edict. At this point, the imperial history of 2 132 has come to an end.
The Revolution of 1911 opened a modern national democratic revolution in a complete sense, overthrew the autocratic monarchy that ruled China for thousands of years, established a harmonious regime, and ended the autocratic monarchy.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Modern History of China