Friday, December 18, 2009

The Opium Wars imperialism in china

Opium Wars is about to the War broke out when Chinese attempted to turn back English merchant vessels in November of 1839. it inspired the English to send warships in June of 1840. The Chinese, with old-style weapons and artillery were no match for the British gun-ships. The treaty imposed on the Chinese was weighted entirely to the British side. Its first and fundamental demand was for British "extraterritoriality"; all British citizens would be subjected to British.

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Thursday, December 10, 2009

film lesson "Mountains of the Moon"

the film "Mountains of the Moon" is about and exploration in to the beginning for the Nile river. The main character Richard Burton & John Speke. they funded by rolal

Imperialism Project

Imperialism Project is a way to study the colonialism that is fueled by Imperialism. Countries like Untied Kingdom(Britain),France,and Portugal. These countries owned most of  the world.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx's ideas were known as Communism, a word formed for common. the idea is about workers would share wealth in a communist society. According to Marx Communism was the end to the process of evolution begun with feudalism and passing through capitalism and socialism.Karl Marx's “The Communist Manifesto,” published in 1848 call to arms for the proletariat—“Workers of the world, unite!”

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution.

Karl Marx was dislike the treatment of workers in Europe by the owner. The Bourgeoisie was the class of people who owner. Proletariat was the people who went to work every day.He saw Industrialization as a system where the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Marx argued that workers should control factories and farms. He urged the "workers of the world to unite" in a worldwide revolution. Marx's ideas were known as Communism, a word formed for common. Workers would share wealth in a communist society.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nationalism and the creation of Italy

 is an idea of social movement that focuses on the nationItaly like before  After the Congress 

of Vienna in 1815, Austria ruled the 

Italian provinces of Venetia and 

Lombardy in the north, and several 

small states. In the south, the Spanish 

Bourbon family ruled the Kingdom of 

the Two Sicilies.

between 1815 and 

1848, increasing numbers of Italians 

were no longer content to live under 

foreign rulers.


In 1832, an Italian named Giuseppe Mazzini 

organized a nationalist group 

called Young Italy.Mazzini briefly headed a republican government at Rome. He believed that 

nation-states were the best hope for social justice, democracy, and peace in Europe. rebellions 1848 in Italy as they did elsewhere in Europe. The former rulers of the Italian states drove Mazzini and other nationalist leaders into exile.


In 1852, Sardinia’s King Victor Emmanuel II named Count Camillo di Cavour as his prime minister. Cavour’s major goal was to get control of northern Italy for Sardinia. He 

carefully went about achieving this territorial goal through diplomacy and cunning. Cavour realized that the greatest roadblock to annexing northern Italy was Austria. To 

help him expel the Austrians from the north, Cavour found an ally in France. In 1858,the French emperor Napoleon III agreed to help drive Austria out of the northern provinces of Lombardy and Venetia. Cavour soon after provoked a war with Austria. A combined French-Sardinian army won two quick victories against Austria. Sardinia succeeded in taking over all of northern Italy, except Venetia.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Simón Bolívar and Latin American Revolutions

 Simon Bolivar so famous because he liberate Spanish rule. On his way back to South America he went to the United States to study their government. He gather a revolutionary army to fight the Spanish army. He fought the independence of Venezuela,ColombiaEcuadorPanamaPeru, and Bolivia and is revered as a national hero in them.File-Simón_Bolívar_2.jpg    

Thursday, October 1, 2009

John Locke the Enlightenment

John Locke is one of thinker Enlightenment & an English philosopher. he believ all man  life, liberty &the property  jefferson when he wrote the U.S. Constitution he relate to John Locke. This influence is reflected in the American Declaration of Independence and as well as the American revolutionaries

Friday, September 18, 2009

Evolution v.s Creation

Creation is a religious theory.
It's in the book of genesis in the bible .
It's start with god making the earth in 7 day.
The first man was Adam.
The first woman is Eva.


Evolution is a scientific theory.