Opium Wars- Imperialism in China

From 1839-1842 the "Opium Wars" was fought between China and Britain. Britain needed tea from China because it has become a very popular drink in Britain. The chinese agreed to sell them the tea and not let them buy anything from the "western Countries." The British wanted to get even with the chinese so they sold them opium knowing they would become addicted so they would buy more and more. Then the chinese got mad and thats how the "Opium war" started. The Chinese lost doing to the fact of have less modern technology than the British.

"Mountains of the Moon"

In the movie "Mountain of the Moon" some hardships that the Europeans faced was Malaria this played a big role in the movies because people was dying so they were losing the strength. so if they were losing men other men had to hold the weight of two men instead of one. It was weird that the source of the Nile river was named after a British queen because the simple fact that the Lake(lake Victoria) was located in Africa and not in England. The Europeans have an advantage over the Africans because they were more modernized &&* advanced that them just fro the simple fact they had guns &&* the Africans didn't. They were able to conquer the African easiley because they had Machine guns &&* a cure for Malaria.

Imperialism Project

We did the imperialism project to see how many countries were taken over by other countries & to see how many countries took other countries over. From this project I remember at least 7 countries took other countries over that became colonies of who took them over. The thing I remember from this project was that England(Great Britain) took over the most countries.

Karl Marx && Industrial Revolution

Marx thought the industrial revolution was not good because he believed that "Workers would share wealth in a communist society." The industrial revolution inspired Karl Marx to invent communism because he did not believe in workers working long hours fro little pay and kids working for people for little or no pay.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx idea of communism was that workers should share wealth in a Communist society and he said "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
Communism is a social-economical sructure that is based on onwership. And everybody gets the same right and freedom. Karl Marx wanted communism to take over the world because he thought that everybody should be treated the same and no aveerage man should be treated better than the other man. Karl marx thought the good people was the workers and the bad people was the Bosses and Owners.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is when you have love for your country and when you represent your country in any event that they take part in.You know when your nationalistic when you have an American flag outside you house and when you sign the national anthem.

Nationalism played a big role in the creation of Italy because people was getting tired of being ruled by Austria. So they faught and lost some of there battles. Then a man name Cavour help unite Italy at last and drive away Austrian forces away.
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Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar was famous because he was uniting and leading small groups to defeat the spanish occupiers through a suprise attack & wise decions while they where battling. Simon Bolivar had a country named after him in 1825 (Bolivia) because his armies were undefeated.
Simon Bolivar beat the spanish army in Carabobo, Venezuela on june 24 1821