Complete the timeline below by sequencing the events listed in the correct order according to the dates: (1) Sun Yat-sen returns to China from the United States; the Nationalist Party forms (2) Local legislative assemblies are formed (3) China slips into civil war (4) World War I begins (5) Empress dowager Ci Xi dies (6) Yuan Shigai tries to declare himself emperor of a new imperial dynasty (7) Sun Yat-sen’s followers revolt; the Qing dynasty collapses (8) Yuan Shigai dismisses three Nationalist governors; the Nationalists rebel (9) Yuan Shigai dies in office (10) Elections for a national assembly are held (11) General Yuan Shigai becomes president of the new Chinese republic (12) Nationalist rebellion fails; Sun Yat-sen flees to Japan