There are widespread misconceptions about numerous aspects of the Chinese revolution. These include a misreading of the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the “reforms” of the post-Mao era, and the reaction of the overwhelming mass of the peasantry to these movements. Although the revolutionary programs/movements resulted in significant hardships — on the rural population (the Great Leap Forward, 1958-61) or the intellectuals (the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76) — they both produced concrete achievements in the countryside that led to impressive gains in agricultural production and in people’s lives. In contrast, the post-Mao era “reforms” have resulted so far in a huge growth of inequality in China, with the rural population suffering greatly by the dismantling of public support for health and education. In addition, local and regional officials have sold farmland for development purposes, usually lining their own pockets, with inadequate compensation for the farmers. This has resulted in the current massive unrest in rural areas, involving literally hundreds of thousands of incidents with protesting farmers.
Fort Duquesne was the location for the scene of fighting that led to the start of the French and Indian War.
The British went on the offensive on September 1758 which led to the loss of lives on both sides even though the attack was unsuccessful. It later came to be called The Battle of Fort Duquesne.
An economy that is based on mining or producing raw materials to be used in foreign industries is called an "extractive economy", since it is "extracting" such resources. It can also be called a "resource-based" economy.
