The Canonization of May Fourth

The Canonization of May Fourth

- First time we see a "movement" in china

- Marked by citizens deciding what political actions needed to happen

- It needed to show the government the wide "public" response to have effect

- They felt they were slaves to a the government, and not men or women

- Also based largely on the "movements" of other countries being reported

- May fourth was set as an anneversary to to remind the public and government of how "shamefull" they had been treated