Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution also known as the Great October revolution (or Bolshevik) was the first attempt of communism. The cause were devastating because 1. The russians were tired of fighting and dying during world war 1. As a result the russian army started to desert, to mutiny , or they simply refused to listen to orders.
 Czar Nicholas refused to give the russian people more freedom and more angry. The russian army was still back wards; most people were peasants and there was a small amount of factory workers
 People began to starve in the cities and they began to protest.

The causes of world war 1

The world war 1 started with the archduke of  Austria Franz  Ferdinand when he was assassinated . The people made triple alliance with Italy, Austria, and Germany. Other people made a triple entente with France, Britain, and Russia. The triple alliance and entente builded up militaries with anticipation of war. There was trench warfare with modern weapons like machine guns, tanks, planes, cannons and etc. 

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Mountain of the moon

The movie was about two people from England looking for the source of the Nile river in Africa but lots of things happen to them like water with malaria bugs that eat ear drums and get a swollen foot. When men died they were thrown off the boat. They saw a king who took their stuff that was needed for the finding of the source. It was their that they named one of the lakes, Victoria.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Imperialism on world maps

The map showed how imperialism, the spread of Europe countries to Africa and Asia. What occurred in the world was diseases, tobacco, sugar, gold, sliver, slaves, cotton, factories, and weapons. During these things there were shipping routes to get to destinations throughout the world. 

Monday, November 30, 2009

Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration of japan was about the japanese

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism

During the Industrial Revolution, a man named Karl Marx lived in the early days of the revolution and he created the communist manifesto. During the revolution he saw thing that he didn't like for an example children were working in factories and also men and women. he believed that there were 2 classes, the bourgeoisie the owners, and the proletariat the working class. He believed that the revolution was like feudalism workers were peasants and owners were nobles. He also believed that their was a war between the workers and the owners.

The Industrial Revolution and Karl Marx

The Industrial Revolution was about men, women, and children working from farms to factories to making goods. During the revolution children had the worst because they couldn't go to school , had 9 hours of sleep , had to work 5am to 9pm and some were working for 10 years. During the revolution a man named Karl Marx was a communist who lived through the early days of the revolution. He had created the book, the communist manifesto.