The Russian Revolution

It all started when the Russians went into WWI. They were not prepared for this war; over four million men have died in the first year of the war against the germans. later on February 1917, Czar Nicholas had dethrone himself because he could not know what to do anymore. The government could get there selves out of the war.Workers and peasants revolted against the landlords and factory owners. Peasants expropriated (or took over) land and factories were closed when workers refused to work.  People in the city started to starve and the economy was getting destroyed. The Bolsheviks used this to there advantages and defeat Russia.  In the end Russia have turned their government into communism and made the peasants work in the farms and the workers gained control of the factory. This brought peace into Russia.  

Causes of WW1

There were many causes to WWI. Some were nationalism, militarism , and the assiantion of Franz Ferdinand "which started the war". Nationalism is a term used to describe one's deep pride for a country. The strong feelings of Nationalism turned Frenchmen againist Germans and Russians againist Austrians. Militarism is when your prepping for you nation army. In the European countries army's were getting ready with guns, ammo, and aid to go to war. The thing that triggered the war to start was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

In Asia Britian had a ton of Opium. With that opium they traded with the chinese and the chinese got really additcted to it. Too much opium can harm the body so the government closed the ports for the Britsh from docking. This led to the Opium War. In the end of this war china was forced to open their ports for the Britsh to dock their boats for trading with the chinese again because they lost the war against them.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

Recently, we watch the film called 'Mountains of the Moon". Its is about when two white guys goto Africa searching for the source of the Nile river. They have went through a lot looking for the source of the Nile river some have caught maliria,bugs have went into people ears and have been capture from others tribes. Other tribes havent seen white people before so they didnt know if they were good or bad. Later on John Speke had found the source of the Nile, but his partner didnt think so. They went back to England to debate who was right and who was right or wrong. The debate could not have happen because John Speke had killed himself before thwe debate. Later on when they went back to Africa, John Speke was right it was the source of the Nile. They renamed the river Lake Victoria. The Africans didnt not fight back with the name of the lake because the english men were stronger and had more technology then the Africans. The europeans had guns and the Africans had spears. The Europeans have invented machine guns and a cure for maliria they have invaded and concure Africa easily.

Imperialism Project

We did the Industrial project so it can show us how everything came to be. What I learned from this project is that you cannot get everything from one place meaning that to get what you need trading must take place like spices for example merchants trade from one another to get to a certain place. Also that different nations took control of other nations to grow crops so they don't have to buy from others.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx have created a system called communism . Communism is when the government takes over everything=[. People then begin to get the same paycheck at the end of the week; even though one person works harder than the other they get the same even pay. Karl Marx also wanted to limit religion. Karl Marx said "religion is the opiate of the people"; opium is a drug. Karl Marx want evryone to be treated the same but that did not work out because people is greedy for money. When he died in 1883, his plan have all ready went into effect. Countries have followed his idea and became communist. Some counties have went to war with others to stop the spread of communism. Countries like China, Russia, Cuba, and North Korea are still communist today.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was the guy that created the Communist system. During the Industrial Revolution people were gaining money but getting more than others. People could not work certain jobs because of their religion, so he created the communist system. Communist is similar to the word common. Karl Marx wanted everyone to be even, get their fair share but everyone wasnt getting their fair share in this system. I guy that is a lawyer and a guy that works in a market get the same pay. By the time Karl Marx died some countries have turned into communists.