The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was focused on 2 primary events. These events made up the Russian Revolution and were called " The February Revolution and the October Revolution ". These Revolutions had the effect of completely changing the nature of society within the Russian Empire and transforming the Russian state. Csar Nicholas II was removed from his throne in 1917. He abdicated himself leaving the Provisional Government in Power. The army of Russia did not have the means to win and many of them died or suffered severely. Nicholas the II was a bad leader. The February Revolution took place in Petrogad ( which now Present-day is St. Petersburg). There were deadly vilent murders and riot on the streets. Therefore he was removed from his power. The Provisional Government was the temporary government that simply replaced Csar. Many men had been either killed in battle, wounded, or captured by the enemy. about 1,300,000 men were killed, 4,200,000 wounded and 2,417,000 were captured . During tis period many mutinies were made by desperate people because they couldnt take it anymore. The Provisional Government decided to stay at war, however Bolsheviks and other socialists decided to abandon the war and to form new workers. They did what they wanted to do and eventually they became the Red Guards, They were fighting to keep control of this Country.
In The October Revolution the bolsheviks was led by Vladimir Lenin. He and other workers from the Soviet, took control of the Provisional Government of Petrogad. Since they managed to overthrow them; The bolsheviks now saw themselves as leaders of various government charges. All thanks to Lenin they siezed the right power to end this Revolution. They ended it by making the Bolsheviks sign a peace treaty in March 1918.Lenin and the Bolsheviks believed in the teachings of Karl Marx and Communism. Even though Lenin Revolted against landowners and factory owners it was all so he can take cotrol of the provisional government.

Causes of WW I

There were many causes that started World War I. Some of them were ; Nationalism , Militarism , the Assasination of Franz Ferdinand and the collapse of the alliance system. The primary causes I believed were the Assasination of Franz Ferdinand , Nationalism , and the collapse of the alliance system. The Assasination of Archduke Ferdinand made the Austria-Hungarians attack Serbia. Even though they had an allience with each other , they began to attack each other. When this had happened Russian began to attack Austria-Hungary, then the Germans got involved because they didnt like the Russians. Also the fact that Germany was allined with Austria-Hungary. However the Russians were allined with France so the french began attacking Germany. There was a big revolution because the Russians and the French were attacking Germany from both sides.
The collapse of the alliance system affected World War I because this was the time where everyone lost their alliances ; or at least when one alliance attacked eachother. Serbia murdered The Archduke of Astria Hungary. This was the beginning. When Austria- Striked, Everyone was going against eachother. Germany used Nationalism to offend other countries. Speeches and writings that say about national superior. So the main causes of the war I believed were NAtionalism, Assasination of an Austrian-Hungary leader, and the system of alliances.

The Opium Wars

"The opium wars" was the world's very first "drug war" between the years of 1939 to 1942.  During this time China was popular because of its tea that they had grown. The people in Britain were interested in this Tea so they decided to buy from it. However, China at the time had a different overview from the outside world. Their Kings and rulers believed that the people in China should have no reason to explore in other countries at all. They thought that they were the most advanced in technology than any other country. (This was not True; they were a little behind on things like big machine guns and stuff like that).  China didnt accept anything from britain, but they didn't mind selling their Tea to them. They traded at a specific location which was the port of Canton. Eventually Britain wasn't comfortable with this.  They felt they needed to Balance the trade, in this case sell something back to them.  The people of Britain began exchanging their Opium for tea. Opium is a drug which  is grown in india and sent to Britain by merchants. Opium is used to make morphine and heroin. The chinese people became really addicted to this newly introduced drug. However the Rulers of China banned this opium because they were spending to much gold and silver. This law got too serious & now it came to the point if anyone was caught smoking Opium they shall be executed. Britain wasnt too happy bout this so they attacked China. Since China was attacked unsurprisingly Britain wound up winning badly. China lost their most important island which was Hong Kong, and they suffered deafeat.!!

''Mountains of the Moon"

Richard Burton and John Speak dealt with many hardships throughout their exploration in Africa. These two men were European explorers. As shown in the film "Mountains of the Moon they they faced a lot of problems with the africans. Since people from Africa didn't know who these strange white men were, they assaulted them .Eventually Richard Burton and John Speak would have to defend themselves or just try and run away. These africans had their own local tribes, and were armed with spears and other hand-made weapons. These two explorers were in search of the Nile River. However a source of the Nile River was known as lake Victoria. This lake originally got its name from a British Queen. Since Burton and spleak's queen was Queen Victoria, they decided to name the lake "LAKE VICTORIA" As we now know today; Lake Victoria is the third largest lake in the world! Richard Burton and John spleak faced rough times because they'd get captured and torchered if the africans ever got a hold of them. The purpose of all this was to search for the great Nile River. SOme primary technological advantages these europeans had against the africans were guns and other advanced weapons. They also had advanced skills such as knowledge and a way of communication. Knowledge is power, without no knowledge then you have no power. In this case people in europe had a steady organized government, where people dont live out on the streets or hunt for their own food. They have a shelter, clothing, marketing open harbors for ships to import and export goods. African people had NONE of this!! So this is how basically Europeans were able to conquer africa so easily.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Japan was separated for about two centuries;It had been locked away from the outside world. By 1615, after a century of civil war, the powerful Lord Tokugawa had defeated his enemies and declared himself Shogun, ruler of all Japan. Tokugawa divided society into four ranks: at the bottom were the merchants; then came the artisans; just above them were the farmers, who gave up half their rice harvest to those at the top, the Samurai. Matthew Perry was a Commodore who headed to Japan at the bay near yedo. When Matthew came, the people from Japan were facinated with his four ships he had brought. They were steamships, ran on coal and water. They called them ''Black ships". Japan was an archipelago which meant that is was made up of a chain of islands. Japan was well known because it was an archipelago. They industrialized well togethether because Matthew perry either asked them or wanted it to do it by force. He wanted something from Japan, since he supplied/introduced "the black ships". This is how they industrialized; even if it felt like they didnt have a choice. Commodore Perry knew that he had more advanced technology than the people from Japan. The Meiji Restoration was when an emperor from Japan wanted to learn the abilities or any improved technologies that were located in the west. He sent some of his people to a specific area alongside the west. Since he felt Japan was coming around really slow. He managed to gather studies from Europeans and American civilazations.This was passed on to other people from Japan. Eventually Japan had a banking system and a local fine government. Although back at the time they still relied on their Samurais and Shoguns. This was the Meiji restoration of Japan.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx had a totally different overview about the people during the Industrial Revolution. He didnt like the fact that the rich were becoming more wealthy and that the poor were becoming more homeless. Karl Marx's had an idea of communism. His new idea was that everyone should express themselves as equal individuals. Everyone should have equal rights, and equal amount of money. He wanted everyone to be United as ONE! Although before the civilization was split into two classes. The bourgeoisie and the proletariat. The bourgeoisie were the ones that were the factory owners/or offered jobs. The proletariat were the ones that worked in factories.
Karl Marx believed that he had many followers and that they would support him. He actually became successful. Even though everyone would get equal shares in everything, People would start to get Real LaZY... Workers are taking advantage that by not doing anything they would still get paid. Karl Marx had a very good idea, but just notgood enough.