The Opium wars

The Opium War was the very first drug war. The war was from 1839 to 1842. it was a very intense war leading to the humilating defeat of china. the was was mainly about Great Britan and China. it all started when china introduced Tea to Great britain. Great Britain wanted to trade china for tea. china didnt want to, but they wanted to use there trading routes. they ended up making the deal. after three years of batteling China was defeated. The Chinese did not want to trade with the British any more because the British were selling a harm full drug to the Chinese for tea. So the British didnt like this so they fought the Chinese. the chinese were low on technology and army therefore the British won.

Flim Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

"Mountains of the Moon" was a film produced 1990 and was based on the true events from 1852. It was mainly about European explorers trying to find the source of the Nile River. they went on a search to Africa. on there adventure to Africa the Europeans faced many problems. the main problems were hungry, the heat, and many more. the lake they found was named Lake Victoria, there was strange because this lake was found in Africa and Victoria was the name of the British Queen. Also even after the Queen had died, the name remained the same. compared to the Africans the Europeans were very advanced in technology. there main technology was the gun. According to the movie, when the Africans first saw the gun and how it was used they were scared but yet amazed. they weren't aware of the harm it could cause. they figured that out when the African leader shot a member of his tribe. The Eur opens were later able to coqure Africa when they returned with more guns, machine guns to be exact.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration of Japan was was a chain of events that led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure. Japan is an archipelago, which means a group of islands. Japan had cut them selves out of the world not knowing how much it had grown. the technology were advanced and they had not notice, until one day Matthew Perry came. Matthew Perry had arrived at Japan with a simple steamed powed boat. this was modern technology to him. But since Japan had cut off on trading routes and all they hadf never seen this type of technology. that was when there eyes had opened. they then reliezed how far behind they were. Perry had "bullied them".

Karl Marx and communism

Karl Marx was a German man who created and enforced the idea of communism. communism is basically a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people. Marx basic idea was to make the workers equal to the owners, since they did most of the work. He made work easier for them. in this way there are no specific owers, they all own the factories. no matter what job you have you will be paid the same as the guy next to you. Marx believe that this was the best way for everyone to be equal. his method worked, but not for long. He beived the worker were the "good guys" and the owners were the "bad guys".

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a man with many ideas, that changed the history of Germany forever. His most world wide idea was known the be Communism. Marx argued that workers, rather than landlords, should control factories and farms. He urged the "workers of the world to unite" in a worldwide revolution. later that would soon happen. Marx was opposed to the cruel and harsh conditions the workers had to go through. Marx hated the idea of the Industrial Revolution. He thought the factories and work conditions were very unsafe, this was what lead him to come up with his idea of communism. he wanted "workers of the world to unite" in a worldwide revolution. He thought the workers weren't getting enough pay or regniztion for there work so he wanted the workers to share wealth in a communist society. later that soon happened. sadly though Karl Marx died in 1883, but his ideas lived on forever.

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

The Reign of Terror was from September 5, 1793 to July28, 1794. it was mainly a period of violence that occurred fifteen months after the onset of the French Revolution. it was a horrible time. King Louis XVI didn't like the fact that he lost so much power and didn't trust the new government. Out of this power struggle rose Maximilien Robespierre. He took control of the government and tried to wipe out any trace of the old monarchy. Robespierre turned out to be a dictator to France. he was the one to create the Regin of terror. that was the name of his rule and if not fallowed there head was to be cut off. People grew tired of Robespierre cutting everyone's head off. People who worked in the government did not feel safe. they were constantly afraid their head might be the next to go. So a conspiracy was organized against Robespierre. He was arrested and his head was cut off. so that was the end of the Regin of terror.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism what defines a country. Nationalism is known as the belief that one's greatest loyalty should not be to a king or an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. nationalism. everyone is Nationalistic toward there country in their own way. one way i should that i am Nationalistic is that i sometimes wear the colors of the flag. you can do several things to show that you are nationalistic towards your country, such as, wearing the flag, or rooting for the American teams.

Nationalism is very important even in history. Nationalism is what created the nation of Italy.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar accomplished several things in his lifetime. one begin, he studied the English government. Simon was a Venezuelan, born on July 24, 1783 to a wealthy celoe parents. He was a very happy man, until his bride sadly died of yellow fever He went to London to seek support for a revolution. he had also studied the united states system for government. after he got back home he got an army, and began his wonderful quest in search for a revolution and independence. after several years he finally won independence for Venezuela in 1821. he had also many other countries such as Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Bolivia. He is known as the liberator of south America. Because of this he was named after the country Bolivia. in 1810, he joined up with Fransisco De Miranda in a revolt against the Spanish. Simon made some remarkable accomplishments throughout his lifetime. He had an incredible remarkable army that was never out numbered.

The French Revolution

During the french revolution there were many different kind of social classes. Many people in France were critical of the nobility. It was around 400,000 people. Made up an amount of there population. They were wealthy and had a lot of money so they didn't have to pay taxes. They were the part of the society that had many privileges.They maintain positions of importance like officers in an army. the kings were the ones who had the most power. they had absolute power.
peasants were the ones who were treated unfairly. In 1789 peasants had several things to grumble about. one begin to carry the burdens of maintaining the feudal lords and clergy.
i think the cartoonist was trying to show how hard it was to be a peasant. the man with the cane(man on the bottom) would represent the peasant. the man one top of him(one to the left) would most likely represent the

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke was mainly the most famous of the Enlightenment Thinkers. His ideas heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the U.S. Constitution. Theses ideas are still known today. according to John Locke "All men are created equally", meaning that we as humans should all be treated equally, no matter race, color or gender. He says, that we all the the same rights. these right would be that we should all have "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." The people such as our selfs have the right to alter or to abolish the goverment if anything goes wrong or if we dont like or agree with them.

We the people give all the goverment all the power. therefore we have the power to abliosh them as well. the goverment comes from the people. so if the goverment messes up or makes a mistake we as the people also need to help fix the problems. It is also our right, and our duty to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Copernicus and the Trial of Galileo

There are two types of of theories for the solar system, such as the geocentric and the heliocentric. the heliocentric theory is that the sun is in the center of the solar system. The other theory is the geocentric otherwise known as the geocentric model.The geocentric model created by Greek astronomers assumed that the celestial bodies moving about the Earth followed perfectly circular paths. this theory was to believe that the the earth was in the center and the other planets and stars revolved around it. the heliocentric theory was created first and that was the one the catholic churches believed in. then later on Galileo came up with another theory known as the Geocentric model. this proving that the sun was in the middle and the earth and everything else revolved around it. his theory came out of the scientific revolution. the trail of galileo was huge. the church had refused to believe in his theory. He was ordered imprisoned; the sentence was later commuted to house arrest.

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

The scientific method is a method mainly used by scientists. it is used to evaulate an unknown question/problem. it is mafe up of mainly five questions. first you observe, then out of that observation you create an hypothesis. Its was a way of proving if the scientist theory on a topic was right or correct.

Evolution vs. Creation

Both of evolution and creation makes sense. they both have some very good points. Althought i cannot choose one but i choose both. i was thought to believe creation, but i don't think that was all. for those who said it was because of evolution such as Darwin, would believe that the earth slowly evolved from common ancestors. not to say that theory is wrong but where did that species come from in the first place. for those who believed in creation might say that god created them. although that may be right but what proof do you have. i personal don't know in what to believe.