March 1st Movement

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independence movement nonviolent protest movement uprising

The March 1st Movement was a major 1919 Korean independence uprising against Japanese colonial rule, marked by nationwide peaceful demonstrations that became a symbol of Korean nationalism and resistance.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Korean independence movement	5
Declaration of Korean Independence (1919)	1
Independence Movement Day in South Korea	1
Korean Declaration of Independence	1
Korean anti-Japanese resistance movement	1
March 1st Independence Movement	1
March First Movement	1
Samil Movement	1
삼일운동	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	independence movement ⓘ nonviolent protest movement ⓘ uprising ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	March 1st Movement ⓘ surface form: Samil Movement Samil Undong ⓘ
associatedWith	March 1st Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Korean Independence (1919) Korean nationalists ⓘ
characteristic	nationwide protests ⓘ nonviolent resistance ⓘ peaceful demonstrations ⓘ
commemoratedAs	March 1st Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Independence Movement Day in South Korea
commemoratedOn	March 1 ⓘ
country	Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea
genre	civil resistance ⓘ
hasCause	Japanese annexation of Korea ⓘ Korean nationalism ⓘ opposition to Japanese imperialism ⓘ
hasEffect	growth of Korean independence movement ⓘ increased Japanese repression in Korea ⓘ inspiration for later Korean resistance movements ⓘ international awareness of Korean independence aspirations ⓘ
hasLegacy	annual national holiday in South Korea ⓘ enduring symbol of Korean unity and identity ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Japanese rule in Korea ⓘ
inspiredBy	Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (indirectly) ⓘ principle of national self-determination ⓘ
involves	Korean intellectuals ⓘ Korean students ⓘ ordinary Korean citizens ⓘ religious leaders ⓘ
languageOfName	Korean ⓘ
location	Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea Korean Peninsula ⓘ
movementType	anti-colonial movement ⓘ national liberation movement ⓘ
opponent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ surface form: Japanese Government-General of Korea
opposedTo	Japanese colonial rule in Korea ⓘ
partOf	March 1st Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korean independence movement
pointInTime	1919 ⓘ
result	formation of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai ⓘ
significance	major event in Korean independence history ⓘ symbol of Korean nationalism ⓘ symbol of Korean resistance to Japanese rule ⓘ
startDate	1919-03-01 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

March 1st Movement → alsoKnownAs → March 1st Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Samil Movement

March 1st Movement → associatedWith → March 1st Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Declaration of Korean Independence (1919)

March 1st Movement → commemoratedAs → March 1st Movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Independence Movement Day in South Korea

Samil Undong → hasAlternativeName → March 1st Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: March First Movement

Samil Undong → hasKeyDocument → March 1st Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korean Declaration of Independence

Samil Undong → hasNameInEnglish → March 1st Movement ⓘ

Samil Undong → hasNameInKorean → March 1st Movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: 삼일운동

Kim Hyong-jik → movement → March 1st Movement ⓘ