The Opium Wars

The first Opium War had to do with the British and the Chinese that began in 1839. At first the Chinese did not want to trade with the British, but eventually the British found out what the Chinese would trade them for, that was Opium.

Opium was a drug that was grown in India and was used to make heroin and morphine. At first the Chinese traded with them and they thought that Opium was good for healing people when they got sick, until alot of Chinese people were getting sick. That was when the Chinese Government outlawed the import of drugs. The British wasn't happy with that because they wanted more tea.

The Opium War took place mostly at sea where the British had steampowered gunboats which made a bigger advantage over the Chinese's out-dated boats. The result of this war was that British won this war.

After the Opium War the Chinese signed a peace treaty in 1842 which was called The Treaty of Nanjing. This treaty gave Britian the Island of Hong Kong.

"The White Man's Burden"

Rudyard Kipling was born on December 30, 1865 he was born in Bombay, India. Rudyard Kipling was best known for his book, The Jungle Book, and The Second Jungle Book.

"The White Man's Burden was written by an English poet Rudyard Kipling poem appeared in 1899 just as the Philippine Republic declared war on the US.

The White Man's Burden I think still exist in the US and still exist today because a new breed is sent out and everything starts over again.

"The Scramble For Africa"

"The Scramble For Africa" would be when every country fought for Africa.

In this picture the the main European Countries who were involved in this scramble were Portugal, Italy, Germany, Great Britian, and France.

The new Imperialism occured 1880-1900 that was when the Europe Government was scrambling for land in Africa. The reason for all the countries to be scrambling for Africa was because, they all wanted to gain power and prestige. They also wanted lands in Africa because in Africa there is alot of fresh crops and goods that the other countries want. By taking over the land, they thought that they would have more power.


The Europeans scrambled Africa fast because they had more of their countries trying to scramble Africa. Also by 1914 the French had most of West Africa. Also by 1914 most of Africa's land was conquered by France and Great Britian.

The Scramble affected the Africa people because the Decision that had to been made were made in London, Paris, Lisbon, and other European capital not in Africa. Also the Scramble affected the Africa people by getting goods from Europe and having protection from other Africa tribe by the Europeans.

Film Lesson:"Mountains of the Moon"

In "Mountains of the Moon" the Europeans wanted to find the source of the Nile River. Some problems that the Europeans faced while trying to achieve their goal was that the African people attacked the European people which forced the Europeans to go back.

Once the Europeans came back to Africa they made trades with Africa and asked them to help them find the source of the Nile River.

They traveled far and got sick they eventually made it to what they claimed was the source of the Nile and they called it "Lake Victoria" The reason why they called this lake, Lake Victoria because the current Queen at that time was Queen Victoria.

The Europeans had technological advantage over the Africans because they had guns and the Africans didn't.

It was easy for the Europeans to conquer Africa because the third time that the Europeans went into Africa, the Europeans had more of a technological advantage over the African people.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration began in the late 19th Century. Matthew Calbraith Perry had arrived in Japan with ships with no sail, the Japanese were surprised. Matthews then forced Japan into signing a treaty on March 31,1854 in order to open up ports for the Western Colonial fleets. Matthew also exposed the weakness of the Tokuwaga shoguns that caused the nationalist to unrests under the slogan "Sunno Joi."

The Japanese economy changed during the Meiji Restoration by ships importing goods from other countries. Yoshida Shoen was also a many cause of the change of Japan by allowing foreigners could come and go. At the Hagi Grammer School Yoshida Shoen is considered a heroe to the kids.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx was the son of Hirshel and Henrietta Marx. Marx was born in 1818. Karl Marx's idea towards communism was that workers share the wealth in the commom society and the wealth should be distributed by by according to each wants and according to each needs.

Most of the countries did not use the idea of communism that Marx's used because Marx's idea was that the workers could control the government, but with this the government was strict and forced the workers to work long hours on the factories and farms. The press also was censored and they were not allowed to critcize the government, if people were caught critcizing or spoke against it the government would have treated them harshly.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, as a young unversity student he used to get into alot of bar fights, but he still would manage to study hard. Marx joined a group who were studying the German Philosophers. Georg Hegel taught him everything about the German philosophers. Afterwards, Marx went on to earn his Doctor's Degree at the age of 23 years old. Marx then started to write for the German Newspaper for a little while.

In 1848 Marx published the "Communist Manifesto. Marx was German and he had an idea to change the Russia. Marx's idea was Communism the workers would have to share their wealth in a communist society.

Then in 1882 Marx published his last post of the "Communist Manifesto". He Admitted that "the Russian Peasents were at the starting point for a communist starting point developement". A year later on March 14, 1883 Marx died in London only 11 people showed up at his funeral, his lifelong friends, and his benefactor.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is belief that the greatest loyality should not be the people it should be the nations of people. I'm Nationalistic by saying the Pledge of Alligence everyday.

Nationalism was use to create Italy by Giuseppe Mazzini organized a group of Nationalist who were called Young Italy no one older than 40 could have joined. After Giuseppe Mazzini formed his group of Nationalist Then in May of 1860 a small army of nationalist lead by Giuseppe Garbaldi captured Sicily in a battle. Garbaldi and his army of nationalist whore bright red shirts. In 1866 Venice became part of Italy

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolution

Simon Bolivar was one of South America's greatest leaders. He was on born July 24th 1783. Simon's parents died when he was young and he then inherit a fortune. Simon Bolivar had a excellent education, He lead several independant movements in throughout South America. In 1802 Simon married Maria Teresa Rodriguez who a year later on died from the yellow fever. The yellow fever is an acute viral disease. Afterwards Simon Bolivar enter the group of patriots who seized Caracas in 1810 and proclaimed independence for Spain.

When Simon returned to Venezula he then took control of the patriot army and recaptured Caracas in 1813 from the Spaniards. Bolivar was force to retreat from Venezula to New Granada (Columbia). Simon Bolivar took control of the command of the Colombian force and then got Bogota in 1814. In 1819 Simon went back and defeated the Spaniards. Simon organized an original republic of Colombia and became the first president. Bolivar defeated the Spanish army at Carabobo in Venezula on June 24, 1821 and added new territory in Educador.

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

Maximilien Robespierre was born on May 6, 1758. He was a leader of the French Revolution. Robespierre was also a leader of the Commitee of Public Safety. Robespierre took control of the government and tried to wipe out any trace of the old monarchy. At the end of the Reign of Terror Robespierre was guillotined on July 28th, 1794.

The Origin of the Reign of Terror began when the Commitee of Public Safety was created. The Reign of Terror was a 10 month during the French Revolution. The outcome of the Reign of Terror was that they reconstituted the Commitee of Public Safety, also some The Robesperrist were guillotined on July 28th, 1794.

The French Revolution: Social Causes

The French Revolution began in 1789-1799 this was a period of political and social upheaval. The French Revolution turned out to be accompanied by turmoil. Afterwards The French Government, Govern for 75 years until the 1900s.

The French Revolution: Social Causes

The French Revolution began because the French Government had problems with their taxes. King Louis XVI had also problems.

Copernicus and the Trial Of Galileo

Nicolaus Copernicus was the first astronomer.
The Geocentric Model was thought that The Earth was in the Center and every Planet revolves around it.
The Heliocentrism is belief that the Sun was in the Center and every planet revolves around it

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

The Scientific Revolution is the best way to find out truth, lies, and delusions.
An Example for an experiment for the scientific method is observing some aspects in the universe. The Theory in the Scientific Method consist of Test, Observations, Hypothesis, Predictions all conist with the theory. The Scientific Revolution was a new way of thinking of the outdated ideas. The Scientific Method is techniques investigating phenomena.

Evolution vs. Creation

Darwin's Theory of Evolution is that Birds, Bananas, fishes, and flowers are all ancestors. Darwin's Theory of Evolution is slow and gradually The Natural selection of Darwin's Theory only takes advantage of slight succesive variations. Darwin's Theory of evolution has to do with life and non life.

Creationism is belief that life, the earth, and the universe was created by deity. Creationism in thw West is based on creation according to Genesis. Creationism was a part of history back in the 1920's it was assocated with Christain Fundamentalist.
There are 5 verisons of Creationism
1.Youth Earth Creationism
2.Gap Creationism
3.Progressive Creationism
4.Intelligent Creationism
5.Theistic Evolution