The Russian Revolution

Russia is the most largest nation. There were three governments in Russia in 1917. The Russian Revolution was based on two primary events like the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution took away Nicholas II from the power that he used to have. The October Revolution was also known as Bolshevik Revolution. The Bolshevik was the Democratic government in a Civil War. On the night of November 6, the Bolshevik attacked the Russian Capital. The policy of the Bolshevik was to grant the Right- Determination to all the nationalities. Russian Revolution was a big role in the past history. 

Causes of WW1

World War 1 was a big part of history. It all started when a big leader was assassinated. It was an aggregation towards other countries which was supported by the nationalism of the European nations. Economically competition was war where military alliance and attacked other countries. The World War 1 lasted for four years and three months. There was an alliance system which was started by Bismarck. The system included many countries such as Germany and other countries.

Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

Everything started when England wanted China to take Opium. The Chinese were very angry because it was a drug and people became addicts. The Chinese didn't wanted to trade with no other countries because they had everything they needed. The Opium was used for medical reasons but the problem was that many Chinese were using it as a drug and they were becoming really addicted to it. The Chinese Government forbid the Opium trade. Then the British people wanted to trade Opium. Captain Charles Elliot put pressure to the Chinese Government to legalize the opium trade. China was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing. The British territory Hong Kong until 1997, but now its China territories.

Film lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In 1854 the explorers were sent from England by the Royal Geographic society. They went to find where the Nile River began. In Africa they faced many hardships. For example, bugs and mosquitoes which carried certain disease such as malaria and yellow fever and it killed many Europeans (Explorers). On the nights while they were sleeping the mosquitoes used to go into their ears. Some other guy would come with hot water and pour it on his ear so that way the mosquitoes would die and the victim was screaming when they poured the hot water. They also found a group of people that used to torture them. They used to stab them and used to cause them a lot of harm. They escaped from them and at the end they found the Nile River. They were happy and took showers.

Imperialism Project

Why did we do the Imperialism Project? Explain what you learned and remembered from the project. Be specific and use detail in your answer.



We did the Imperialism Project because that was one of the assigments that were due. Also we did it because we had to learn something from it. I learned about new countries and what goods they used to have. For example some countries had gold, silver, tea, and in the new world there were slaves. I also remember that I colored in some countries.

Karl Marx and Communism

In January 1846 Marx Communist Correspondence Committee. Communist is a system where every one its treated the same. Meaning if there's a doctor and there's a pizza guy they both get payed the same so that way no one would take advantage of anyone else. Meaning no one would be treated by the higher class or the lower class. Every one is the same class and that's how Communist was. So that's why there's no class problems. The higher class couldn't say nothing wrong to the low class because they got payed the same amount of money. He believe that religion was "an opiate for the masses". He thought that the religion was what got people crazy. That's Communism and that's what Karl Marx thoughtful ideas were.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a German man. His ideas were really thoughtful and it changed Russian history. Factories in Europe were really harsh and he did not agree with the conditions they worked. Marx's ideas were known as communism. He was born in Jewish family and had many great thoughtful ideas. In 1883, Karl Marx died. He was a big part of history too.