The Russian Revolution

The Russians had a Revolution because they got fed up with the oppressive rule of the czars and Russia making a bad decision and entering WWI. The Bolsheviks and Lenin were the leaders of the revolution. The February revolution was caused because of Tsar Nicholas II was removed from power. This was because he was blamed for all the crisis that had happened in WWI. Some of the major causes of the Russian Revolution was social and economic changes. Also because of political issues. The leaders of the Russian Revolution was Vladimir Lenin, Gregory Zinoviev, Lev Kamenev, Anatoli Lunacharsky, and Alexandra Kollontai. They were communist who opposed the war. "Peace, love and bread" was a a quote be Lenin during the October revolution. He promised peace, love and bread to the people of Russia after the war.

Causes of WWI

There are many causes of WWI from different countries. some of the maiun causes of WWI were Nationalism and impearlism. The war started in 1914 and ended in 1918. Any country that supported a country already in war would also get itself into the war as an allie. One of then was when Francis Fernidad was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. After that Austria-Hungary was able to find an excuse to make Serbia an enemy and declare war on them. Even the Germans pressured Austria-Hungary. Other factors that caused WW1 was imperialism. The Industrial Revolution forced European nations to go overseas and search for raw materials to make products. Europeans started to compete for natural resources in Africa with other European nations. Britain and France tried to work things out but they ended up having tensions between Germany, Britain, and France. The Triple Alliance was formed which was composed of Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Italy. While they were allies Germany and Italy were suspicious of each other because of the Balkans.

Opium Wars- Imperialism in China

Opium is a highly-addictive drug given to the Chinese. It was grown in the East Indies. The British traded Opium to the Chinese for tea. It was used for medicine but the Chinese got addicted to it. In 1838, the Chinese government told the british to not to trade anymore opium because it was highly addictive. In 1840, the Chinese went into war with the British but the British won becaue they had better weapons and more technology. So it was called the Opium Wars because the British and the Chinese were fighting over wheather or not to keep trading opium. Chinese were forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing, which allows the British to trade in ports around China, including Hong Kong. In 1843, they signed the Treaty of the Bogue. It states that the Chinese were responsible for destroying quantities of opium in the sea during an anti-opium campaign. Unfourtunately, in 1856, the Second Opium War began due to an argument over the treaties. Once again, the British won and made the Chinese sign the Treaty of Tianjin, which opens up 11 additional ports in China.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

They had to go through different areas that they did know about. They had to face different tribes attacks or had to try to make peace. They also had to worry about diseases like maleria and contaminated water. The source of the Nile, Lake Victoria, was named after the British Queen because they decided to name it that way since they discovered it. Europeans had technological advanteges becauyse they had guns and evetually had a cure to maleria. The europeans were able to go through Africa easily because they eventually had machine guns that could fire bullets in a fast rate. The African people only had spears and wooden shields to defend themselves.

Karl Marx and Communism

He thought that workers should be paid the same amount of money. That means if you work as a business man, and you live in a communist country, then you would get paid the same amount of money as someone working as a cashier. To him the good guys were the factory workers who worked long hours at minimum wage. They knew that they were being mistreated and they should be paid the same amount as everyone else. The bad guys to him were the owners of businesses, mostly factory owners. Communism is the government system in which the government controls everything and people are paid the same money. Karl Marx wanted Communism to take over the world becuase he didn't like the fact that the workers were looked down upon their masters. He didn't like the fact that workers were getting poorer and the owners were getting richer, and that wasn't fair.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Idustrial Revolution becuase he thought that workers should have the same rights as there bosses. Karl Marx also didnt like the fact that the Idustries paid people different so it would dicide if there rich or poor. He belived that people should control the government. Karl got inspired by the Industrial Revolution to invent communism because he saw that captilism would soon cause destruction.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is the people's loyalty to sharing a common language or culture and not to a king or queen. Some examples that show that people are nationalistic is that we share that same the same language in out country, we celebrate the same holidays and we have the same currency. We celebrate our independence day, July 4, and share the same language.

In Italy, nationalism grew out of the French Revolution. Italy used to be part of the Austria-Hungary empire. Italy got influenced by other country's that declared independence. When Italy declared their independence, they had a war of independence. Italy was then formed by nationalism and made their own flag. Covour helped fight many battles for Italy to get rid of the Austrian forces and take their territory back.