In the annals of history, there are events and dates that at the time do not seem significant. These times in history are sometimes lost because the importance of it is not known until later. This is the case in the Chinese Revolution. There was a small act, insignificant at the time that resulted in the renovation of an entire government. The revolution in China in 1911 may not have happened had it not been for an accidental explosion. The arrests of the revolutionaries and the events of October 9th 1911, are used as a springboard that launched the rebels into power. The revolution of 1911 was a movement led by an amalgamation of interest groups to expel the Manchu's from china and replace the Qing dynasty with a Han Chinese government. The T'ung-meng hui, which was also known as the Chinese United League or the Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, was organized by Sun Yat-sen and Song Jiaoren in Tokyo, Japan, on 20 August 1905. This new alliance was the sum of Sun's......
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