opium Wars - Imperialism in China

The Opium War was a really big defeat china has gone through. It's also called the Anglo-Chinese War. 
By the 1830's, the british had become a major drug-trafficking criminal organization in the world. The East India Company shipped opium into Canton. It then got traded with Chinese manufactured goods for tea. It influenced them in many ways. It became a  criminal activity after 1836, but the British traders bribed Canton officials so they would be able to keep the opium. They became so addicted that by 1837 chests of opium were produced and by 1837 it was 35,000. In 1836 the imperial government made opium illegal and decided to do something about this. They closed down the opium dens. The emperor wrote a letter to queen victoria explaining that the british government was not involed in the opium trade. The sailors ended up killing the messenger so Queen Victoria never got the letter. In August, 1842 the treaty of Nanjing ended bad. Hong Kong was handed over to the british. He opened new ports and Britian was called the "most favored nation" 

"Mountians of the Moon"

The film "Mountians of the Moon" is based on two english explorers, Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke. They go on a expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. During there jorney there friendship grows. The scary part is that they were the only white men there. Sadly they were attacked and many of there men died. The cause was also illness and other diseases likr maleria. Many of there men betrayed them and ran away with there stuff. It was harder for them to survive without there belongings. They had to face many different situtions. In the movie they had to try to make peace with a tribe by offering them silk but they were just fascinated by his hair. The source of the Nile, Lake Victoria, was named after the British Queen. They thought if they discovered they have the right to name it so they did. Europeans had technological advanteges because they had weapons.The europeans had the ability to go through Africa with no problem because they had the power of machine guns. The africans had two choices wheather to let them pass through or get killed. At the point the Africans really didn't have a choice, the only way they could protect themselves was with spears and wooden shields. Basically the eurpoeans were in luck because without doing anything they were able to conquer.

Imperialism Project

The reason why we were assigned the Imperialism project to show the form of an empire. We discovered how they exported and imported slaves. We also learned about the shipping route which came in help during trade. We learned about many natural sources. The europeans went around to get all these natural resources such as gold, silver, cotton etc. I learned that the europeans had to make many trips to get all the sources they wanted. I think it was a fun way to learn all these new facts.

Karl Marx and the communism

What is communism? Commmunism is a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state. Karl Marx's idea of Communism is about how one whole state controls everything. During the Industrail Revolution he wanted everything to be fair. Karl Marx saw the Capitalist as the " Bad guys ". He thought it was very harsh at the fact that people weren't treated equally. Some people were getting higer wages than others. Karl Marx had an idea, he thought that it would be easier if everyone got paid the same. It didn't matter if you worked a better job or worked more hours. Karl Narx idea really didn't go through the Soviet Union's government got involed and it was strict. Everyone was forced to work. Karl Marx wanted Communism to take over. He felt like workers had there own opinons they shouldn't have to obey there owners. He also didn't like the fact that workers were getting poor and on the other hand the owners were getting rich. The workers were doing all the work. During his life Karl Marx had one goal. He wanted the world to be under communism because he felt like everyone should have equal rights.

Karl Marx and the Industrail Revolution

Karl Marx was a German, his ideas changed Russian history. Marx argued that workers should be able to control factories and farms. He argued the "workers of the world to unite" in a Worldwide revolution. Marx invented communsim. The industrail Revolution inspired Marx to invent communsim. The workers would share wealth in a communist society. He wrote that wealth should be given "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" meaning that wealth should be only given in there time of need. Marx didn't like the Industrail revolution because the conditions of workers in europle factories were harsh and unsage. He thought the workers were treated very unfairly. Marx also believed that the workers would control goverment but the communist goverments were strict. In many communist nations people weren't allowed to print news stories that talked about the goverment and the people who spoke against the Soviet goverment were treated very harsh. Also The Communist Manifesto has been one of the most influenced documents during the Industrail Revolution.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

Nationalism is the belief that one's greatest loyalty should not be to a king of an empire but to a nation of people who share a common culture and history. When the nation began to have his own independent government, it became a nation state. To show natalionism I wear the colors of my countries flag, I talk about there culture, the food etc. I also support there culture's teams. I'm intersted in other people's countries and the language they speak.
Nationalism was the most powerful ideal of 1800's. The balance of power set up at congresss of vienna in 1815 was going bad. It affected many people. Austrua ruled the Italian provinces of venetia and Lombardy in the north. In 1815 and 1848 many Italians weren't able to live under foreign rulers. The idealistic and the pratical leader contributed to the unification of Italy.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke inspired many people and one of them was Thomas Jefferson. It was because of John Locke Thomas Jefferson wrote the Costitution. Thomas Jefferson stated that all people in the United States should be able to share. The rights that Thomas Jefferson wrote about in the Constitution was basically explaining that everyone is created equal. Everyone has the right to have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It was belived that in every human being there was powerful voice within them and will be heard. When there's people elected in the congress it us we the people that makes that come true. We vote to see who will make our country better wheather it's the president or mayor.