Shi Huangdi Leader Analysis Sheet
Leader Analysis Sheet
|Name of Leader: Shi Huangdi |
|Lifespan: 259-210 BC |Title: Emperor |
|Country/region: China (Qin Dynasty) |Years in Power: 221 BC – 210 BC |
|Political, Social, & Economic Conditions Prior to Leaders Gaining Power |
|Prior to Shi Huangdi ascending to power in 221 BC, China was a socially, politically,
and economically fragmented society with several competing factions. |
|Inter-community trade was limited, and political infighting was more common than not. In fact, this period in Chinese history was aptly named “The Era of |
|Warring States.” |
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|Ideology, Motivation, Goals: |
|Shi Huangdi sought to unite China under one ‘stable’ rule. He also aimed to reform the Chinese power structure; instead of relying on a ‘feudal’ system, |
|Huangdi centralized power so that he was able to make more executive decisions. |
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|Significant Actions & events During Term of Power |
|Although Shi Huangdi proved to be a tyrant, he managed to unite a nation that faced severe political turmoil. His “crisis management” style led him to be |
|brutal during his regime, forcing peasants to work to construct the 3,000 miles Great Wall of China, and imposing exorbitantly high taxes. Still, he was also |
|able to introduce some form of bureaucracy to China, ordering its first ever census, and helping to standardize its coinage. |
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|Short-Term effects: |Long-Term Effects |
|Huangdi was able to create a centralized government, just barely capable of |Shi Huangdi’s Qin dynasty was not able to sustain its rule for more than |
|maintaining political and social order. People benefited from being part of a |eleven years because of his oppressive methods; instead, within a decade of |
|larger Chinese community, but it came at the cost of a wholly repressive |the fall of the Qin, a new more enduring regime, called the Han dynasty, was |
|government. |able to claim power through a peasant’s revolt. |
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|Name of Leader: Shi Huangdi |
|Lifespan: 259-210 BC |Title: Emperor |
|Country/region: China (Qin Dynasty) |Years in Power: 221 BC – 210 BC |
|Political, Social, & Economic Conditions Prior to Leaders Gaining Power |
|Prior to Shi Huangdi ascending to power in 221 BC, China was a socially, politically,
and economically fragmented society with several competing factions. |
|Inter-community trade was limited, and political infighting was more common than not. In fact, this period in Chinese history was aptly named “The Era of |
|Warring States.” |
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|Ideology, Motivation, Goals: |
|Shi Huangdi sought to unite China under one ‘stable’ rule. He also aimed to reform the Chinese power structure; instead of relying on a ‘feudal’ system, |
|Huangdi centralized power so that he was able to make more executive decisions. |
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|Significant Actions & events During Term of Power |
|Although Shi Huangdi proved to be a tyrant, he managed to unite a nation that faced severe political turmoil. His “crisis management” style led him to be |
|brutal during his regime, forcing peasants to work to construct the 3,000 miles Great Wall of China, and imposing exorbitantly high taxes. Still, he was also |
|able to introduce some form of bureaucracy to China, ordering its first ever census, and helping to standardize its coinage. |
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|Short-Term effects: |Long-Term Effects |
|Huangdi was able to create a centralized government, just barely capable of |Shi Huangdi’s Qin dynasty was not able to sustain its rule for more than |
|maintaining political and social order. People benefited from being part of a |eleven years because of his oppressive methods; instead, within a decade of |
|larger Chinese community, but it came at the cost of a wholly repressive |the fall of the Qin, a new more enduring regime, called the Han dynasty, was |
|government. |able to claim power through a peasant’s revolt. |
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