The Opium Wars

What happened during The Opium Wars? What happened during the Opium wars was that the Chines did not want to trade with the British any more because the British were selling a harm full drug to the Chines for tea. So the British did not like this so they fought the Chines.
Why are they called The Opium Wars? They are called the Opium Wars because the wars started because of the drug that was called Opium and that the British were trading with the chines for tea.
Who won and why? The British won the war because the British had advanced technology and strong army's but most importantly strong ships that the Chines could not stand a chance to there own.

" The White Man's Burden "

What is "The White Man's Burden"? The white man's burden is a poem that the was written by a Britain poet. In response to the Americans take over the Philippines.
Read some analysis of the poem. Do you agree with this analysis? I agree and disagree because the Americans were wrong in taking the Philippines because there was a lot of blood and war. But then the Americans would not have had the Philippines trade rots.
The poem was written in 1899 about US imperialism in The Philippines - is the US still imperialistic today?
Are we still living the "White Man's Burden" one-hundred years later? Explain.

"The Scramble for Affrica"

1.) Who were the main European nations involved in this scramble? The main European nations involved in the scramble of Africa were the British, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Belgian, German, and the Italians.
2.) What were these nations looking for in Africa? The nations were looking for the resources that Africa had to give like for example cooper, Ivory, gold, rubber, iron, wood, tin, dimone silver, salt, and other things and also they wanted to expand there nations and there territory.
3.) How were they able to dominate Africa so easily? The nations were able to dominate Africa so easily was because of there advance army's and technology and also they found a cure for malaria.
4.) How did this scramble effect the African people? This scramble effected the African people by there territories were separated and there homes were separated as well as there tribe. There was also a lot of blood shed from the African people because of the scramble.

Film Lesson:"Mountins of the Moon"

What were some of the hardships that Europeans faced as they explored Africa? Some of the hardships that Europeans faced by exploring Africa was being attacked by other Africans and there tribes. Also by the diseases and maybe even starvation and thirst.
Why is it strange that the source of the Nile River, (Lake Victoria - the third largest lake in the world) is named after a British Queen? It is strange because the Nile River is located in Africa not in England. But the Nile River is called not with an Africans name but an British name.
What was the primary technological advantage that Europeans had over African people? The Primary technology advantage the Europeans had over Africa was that the Europeans had bots and guns and fire power ext.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

How Matthew Perry "bullied" the Japanese into signing trade treaty ? He brought the U.S ship close to the cost of Edo(Tokyo) and he came down on to the cost of Edo and showed the Japan's that they had a superior navy force and had impressive technology, as to intimidate the Japan's in to signing the trade treaty.
What did he have that impressed the Japanese? Matthew Perry had and advance of technology and a strong navy ship that could destroy about thousands of Japan's samurai's.
How the Japanese economy changed during the Meiji Era? The Japanese economy changed they became modernize and they started to do industries and advance there army and technology.
How did they modernize and industrialize? They made toke the idea of schooling and replaced all the hero's of the other countries with there own. It also gave the government more power over the people. Also they would pick specific people to go to other countries to learn about culture, industries and military.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx idea of communism was based on his learning's and also of the influence of the people he had met during his years. But the main reason for his idea of communism was that the workers were treated so different from the richer and wealthier people, so he made communism so the poor had there fair amount of money.
COMMUNISM-is a system in were the ultimate power rest's with the people. It is that all the people are the same that no one is different and that every one would be treated the same and every one would share.
Karl Marx wanted communism to take over the world because he believed that all people could work together and share there money and improvement in life.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial revolution. He did not like the Industrial Revolution because of how the owners of the factory's treated the worker's. Also by the conditions of the factories. The conditions of the factories were not safe and very harsh. He did not like it because the owner's were exploiting the worker's and the owner's were the one's that become more richer and the worker's got more poor. The Industrial Revolution inspired Marx to invent communism. Communism was a word for the common. Were Marx would use to say that the money should be shared between the worker's because they are the one's that are working hard.

Nationalism

Nationalism:has 2 meanings, one is the attitude that the persons of a nation have when they care about there nationality and number two is the actions that the peoples of a nation take when seeking to achieve self-determination.

I show my nationalistic by celebrating the festival's of my countrie.I also were my countries colors and put flags up on my windows or of my uncles car.I also celebrate my countries revolutions and in dependants.

Italy was in a bad state when it was not yet had nationalisom.

Simon Bolevar and Latin American Revolution

Simon Bolivar and The Latin American Revolution

• Why is Simon Bolivar so important? Simon Bolivar is so important because he was considered in part to lead the fight for independence in what we know now as the countries of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
  
• Why is there a country named after him in South America?There is a country named after Bolivar because he and some help were the one's to fight for the independence of most of South America.So on August 6, of 1825 the congress of upper Peru created the republic of Bolivia, they named it Bolivia because of Simon Bolivar.
• Who did he help defeat and what was he fighting for? Bolivar help defeat the Spanish control on most of the South America.Bolivar was fighting for the independence of the countries we know now as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bolivia.
• What influenced him in his quest for revolution?What influenced Bolivar was the French and the Scottish Enlightenment and also the Greek.
  

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror

• The Reign of Terror was about 10 month during The French Revolution.The Reign
  

The French Revolution:Social Causes

The French Revolution

• What were the three estates and why did the third estate feel used?The three estates were the first estate was the clergy,then the second estate was the nobility,and then the third estate was the middle class and the peasants.The third estate felt used because they payed almost all the tax's. The first estate did not pay any tax's at all. The second estate payed 2% of tax's but the third estate payed 50% of tax's.
• How did the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution?The Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution because the people learned that they had the right to raise against the government.So then it was right for them to raise against Britain.In that way the Enlightenment thinkers influence the French Revolution.
• What happened on July 14,1789?What happened on July 14,1789 was that the middle class and the peasants attacked the Bastille prison.They attacked the prison because it was a symbol of the power of the monarchy.
  
  

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

Scientific Method
In the old day's most of the people used the information of the Greek's and Roman's.The other people would go to the bible for answers.
Like the theory that all the other planet's and the sun revolved around the Earth and that the Earth was the center of the universe.
In the old day's Aristotle was one of the greats scientists in history but most of his theory's were wrong.Like the theory that heavy object's fell faster then lighter object's.Time passed and the people believe in his theory until an Italian man named Galileo proved him wrong by testing his theory.Galileo proved that heavy object's and lighter object's fall at the same speed and time.From there the new scientists used what we still us the Scientific Method.

Evolution vs Creation

Evolution
In Darwin's theory of evolution he said that all living thing's had descended from a common ancestor.