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Mao finding red guards
told students to hunt down revisionists and socialistic people -
Issue of the "May 16 Crcular"
Issued by Politburo to drive out people who sneaked into the ccp, government or army -
Writing of the first dazibao
A teacher from Beijing University wrote a Marxist dazibao which criticized university administrations and professors -
First group of red guards
First group of red guards were formed at Beijing university -
Mao writes dazibao
the dazibao encourages people to criticize the ccp leaders. -
Passing of the sixteen point directive
the document supports mao on economic policies and the formation of the red guards -
red guard rally
around 13 million red guards held their first rally at Beijing under the Tiananmen square -
Escalation of violence
The red guards continued to ransack houses destroy and confiscate things tied to the four olds. -
Spread of Mao propaganda
Lin Biao and Jiang Qing promoted Mao's cult of personality, propaganda can be seen in homes and walls on the street -
Dismiss of red guards
Mao didn't want China to continue to disintegrate so he ordered the pla to dismantle the red guards -
Formation of the ninth congress
Made up of people who survived the revolution, Mao claims that the cultural revolution ended that meeting, but the damage continues -
lin biao's attempts to assassinate mao
Mao got suspicious of Lin when he continuously requested to get promoted, then he was accused of attempt assassination. -
Criticise Lin biao crticise Confucius campaign
Jiang Qing created this campaign to blame all mistakes made in the cultural revolution on Lin Biao, but that eventually failed. -
End of cultural revolution
The arrest of Jiang Qing and his followers marked the end of the cultural revolution. -
Death of Zhou Enlai
He was a well-respected leader in China, many people went to Tiananmen Square to pay their respect while criticizing Jiang Qiang. I riot then happened with his supporters. -
Death of Mao
mao was hospitalized and hua guofeng takes chairman of the ccp.