There was civil war but in the context of a national war against Japan. Mao’s revolutionary forces and Chiang Kai-shek’s reactionary forces collaborated during this time to smash the Japanese invaders and secure national sovereignty. However, Chiang Kai-shek undermined this temporary alliance multiple times and also collaborated with the Japanese aggressors to undermine the communists. By 1947, the Chiang Kai-shek regime was “besieged by the whole people,” and later overthrown in the Chinese Revolution of 1949.
Answer: The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.
The renaissance introduced humanism and started to shift people's mindsets from striving to achieve an ideal life after death to enjoying and making the best of their current life.
