Opium wars

The british would only trade gold and silver for tea from china. China didn't need anything besides the gold that Britain had but Britain didn't want to trade gold for tea. so instead britain decided to trade opium. Britain thought if maybe they could get china addicted to opium then they could trade that for tea. The chinese tried to fight off the drugs. Sadly they couldn't and the drug was forced upon them. the british won because of their superior navy and weapons.

"mountains of the moon"

When the europeans first entered africa they expected it to be all easy. Little did they know that what lied ahead of them was much tougher. They faced many hardships and were almost killed. After many tries they finally found the lake and named it lake victoria. Can you believe that a lake right in the middle of africa was named after a british queen? Well soon after , the invention of the machine gun, steamboat, and the discovery of malaria's cure europe was finally able to conquer europe.

Imperialism Project

We did the imperialism project because it was suppose to show us a broader view of imperialism and its effects. The project showed us how much land these countries had and how many natural resources were gained. I also learned about the war that were fought in order to gain and control these lands.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Communism is fun!

 Karl Marx is credited with being the first person to practice and create communism. During the industrial revolution marx looked around him and saw that all the workers were living and working in horrible conditions. This was all due to the owner of these factories. Then marx thought that maybe the workers should own the factory and not the owners, he thought that perhaps wealth should be shared and had by all! That we should all live alike and live in peace. Well it may sound nice on paper but its actually not as it seems. Karl Marx may have had his head in the right place but there was no way communism turned out the way he wanted it to.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

le nationalism:

 Nationalism can be defined as ones love for their native country. Here in america it can be described as patriotism. We show it by joining the military and singing the national anthem. Italy is a fine example of nationalism because it was one of the first countries that became a country. It developed its own flag people and culture. It was one of the first countries to try out nationalism.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

Simon Bolivar and the sinister six:

  Simon Bolivar was one of the most influential people in the history of South America. He helped free six latin american countries from their European oppressors. Simon would travel to France and America in order to better understand the new governments thaat were established. Once he learned about the new governments he came back to south america and implemented these ideas on his people. He helped south america implement a good government.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

The constitution:
Thomas Jefferson talks about the rights that every human being is entitled to. He says that we should all have the freedom to practice our own religion and to say whatever we want. He says that we should all have the freedom to do whatever we want. TJ says that the goverment should be powered by the people. That we should vote for who we want to control us and for the people who will help us.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

Third planet from the sun: Believe it or not people weren't always smart. One fine example is the theory of geocentrism. The idea is that (get this) the earth is the center of the solar system. To no surprise the roman catholic church backed up this idea but then a man named Galileo Galilei came and said that heliocentrism is the right way to go (belief that we revolve around the solar system revolves around the sun). The church being its charming self put Galileo on trial they stated that he had violated the 1616 (so-called) injunction against teaching, holding, or writing about Copernican theory. Galileo and the church had two totally different views and the church being bigger won over Galileo and he was forced into house arrest. And that is the famous story of Heliocentrism.

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

The scientific method is a method used to prove something in the scientific community. Basically its steps used to set up an experiment. If the experiment can be replicated with the same result then its considered a fact. Steps involving thinking of an idea,Thinking of an hypothesis, Creating an experiment to prove the hypothesis, and Analyzing your result. It all started during the scientific revolution where people instead of just talking and making up facts actually started conducting test to prove that they were right.
Proving that im right:
a scientific method that is well done and formulated may look something like this
Observation- Flowers grow when its sunny.
Analysis- Constant trips to the garden at home depot.
Hypothesis- If flowers had no sun I bet they wouldn't grow.
Test- Ill get a bunch of flowers and ill try to grow some in the sun and some in my closet.
Analyze- It seems that the flowers in the closet haven't grown....how peculiar.
Results- Yeah I was correct.

Evolution V.S. Creation

Viva la Evolution:
The theory of evolution is the idea that all of life on earth today derives from a common ancestor, that all of us throughout the years have evolved to were we are now. The man that spear headed this idea was Charles Darwin. While on a trip to the Galapagos he noticed that the same finches had different beaks on every island. According to the theory of evolution we started off as simple cells and evolved from that.
The Creation of Creationism:
The theory of creationism is that god magically created the earth and all of its belongings in a mere 7 days. It is said that when he created earth he also made Adam but then Adam got lonely and a female companion named Eve was made. Then after thousands of years of reproduction societies formed and then etc.
In my Opinion:
I believe in Evolution. It just makes sense to me because God creating the world seems to not explain the different variations of animals. Also we have proof of our ancestors and of dinosaurs. We basically have a boat load of fossils and data that prove that we did have ancestors that we have evolved from. Creationism seems to lazy of an idea if you ask me but that's just my opinion.