Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

The Opium War began in China, the British wanted China's tea but they didn't want to trade with the British. The British found something that was addicting and knew the Chinese wouldn't get tired of getting. Opium was what the Chinese wanted and the English had it. Opium was very addicting to anyone but since the British were the ones trading it with the China and for them to get Opium they had to trade tea. Soon the government of China didn't like the idea of trading tea for Opium. The government told everyone he would have the person who gets opium from the British would be killed. China also only had one port for the British to come through and even if it wasn't easy for them they still wanted to tea and went threw that port to get their tea. The British used war to get what they wanted. They had very god technology and used their advanced technology to fight against China and won. They made China sign the "Treaty of Nanjing" which allowed the British to come into China in any port they wanted to get the tea. The Chinese didn't want that so asked for another war and once again lost. Which gave the British more power.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the movie "Moutains of the Moon" it displays many of the problems englishmen had to face while trying to discover the Nile River. Many tried to find the source by going from the end of the river to the source but were eaten up my the deserts that surrounded it. In the movie the 2 explores try walking at random in hoping they would bump into it. While traveling they had many of their helpers run away with the gear they brought cause they would be able to sell it and make alot of money. Another problem was the disease they would get off the Moskito, Englishmen didn't have a immunity to it and died. Also seeing near by tribes who have never seen a white man before.
It funny that the source of the Nile is called Lake Victoria after a dead white queen because she didn't discover it. Its been discovered along time a go by the native people who already named it. England was finally able to conquer Africa because they invented the vaccine for malaria that was what was killing them. Another benefit they had was around the time the vaccine was invented they created the machine gun which made it even easier for them to take a village of Africans.

The Imperialism Project

In the imperialism project we had a map and a paper with pictures of resources on them. We had to cut out the resources and then put it on places of the map. We also had a paper that determined where the resources went and what countries to color in with the color pencil. The places we colored in determined which country had taken them over. I learned that Africa had a lot of resources like coal, gold and silver. I also learned that the British took over alot of places in Africa.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx's idea of Communism Was that everyone gets payed "from each according to his skills, to each according to his needs". He believed that the workers should govern their own country so it would be fair to everyone. There will be no private ownership, everyone would "share". Communism is a form of socialism, a classless society with no private ownership. Marx believed that his idea of Communism will stop people from taking advantage of one another, especially the things factory owners did to their workers. They always wanted to pay the workers less and less and have less benefits so they can get richer. So obviously Marx saw the workers as "good guys" and the factory owners/businessman as the "bad guys". Communism was applied to many countries' governments but not as something Karl Marx imagined.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like The Industrial Revolution because he did not like the conditions that the European factories provided for the workers. They were harsh and unsafe. He believed that the workers should be in charge (control) of the factories rather than the landlords so there is no unfairness to anyone. Everyone is equal. The idea of Communism was born. The word Communism came from the word 'common' since it referred for all people[in that time workers]. Marx believed that everyone should be payed "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs". Another reason Marx did not like the Industrial Revolution was because his father had to convert from Judaism to Christianity in order to get a job. Marx said that "religion is opiate of the people", meaning that religion controls people like a drug. Therefore Marx did not believe in god.

Nationalism

Nationalism is a ideal, social movement that focuses on the nation. I'm Nationalistic toward America because I know the America Pledge and I know the national anthem. I show of my nationalism by cerebrating American holidays like Thanksgiving and 4-of-July.

While Nationalism was destroying empires, it also built new nations. Italy formed from one of the crumbling empires. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Austria ruled over the Italian province of Venetia and Lombardy in the north, and several small states.

Simon Bolivar

Simon Bolivar, a Venezuelan, went to London to seek support for a revolution in South America. While there, he studied the English government. On his way back to South America he stopped in the United States to study their system of government. Once home, Bolivar gathered up a revolutionary army and began his quest for revolution and independance. He lost some early battles to the Spanish, but eventually defeated them and won independence for Venezuela in 1821. Bolivar also helped Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Bolivia and Peru to their independence. The country of Bolivia in named after him. He is known as the liberator of South America.It influenced him because first of all he came from spain.The spanish empire in south america fell apart.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

The truth Thomas Jefferson was talking about, in the declaration of independence, was the fact that "all men are created equal." This phrase states that everybody is not created to be treated unfairly than others. Like all others they should be receiving similar or even same "rights" such as Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. These are the three things that every individual should have and even though I mention them as an individual’s but together they form the whole group.According to the declaration of independence the government comes from the people. They decide who should lead it, they decide whether if the choices that are made are good ones. One very important line from the document is that if "Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." Basically it means if the leader or whoever is in charge of the power, becomes a tyrant or too power hungry then the people have the right to remove him from the position and or make changes to the system. They have the right to form their own form of government to whatever they please to their own "safety and happiness".
You can immediately see the changes in the structure and system in government than from the older ones like monarchy. These ideas were developed and formed by John Locke who gathered bits and pieces of ideas for the perfect government from enlightenment thinkers. Those ideas soon formed into what we have now and that is known as a democracy where the people have power and a say in what goes on in their own country/nation.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

Galileo

One of the theories of the solar system is the geocentric theory. The geocentric model is the theory that the Earth is the center of the universe and that everything orbits it. This theory was used up until the 17th century. This was the first theory. It was part of Greek astronomy and philosophy. Ancient philosophers believed that every orbited and centered the Earth. People had looked at the sky and it looked like the stars, moon, the sun and etc. went in a rotation around the Earth.

Another theory of the solar system is the heliocentric theory. The heliocentric model is the theory that the Sun is the center of the theory and that everything orbits it. This theory came out of the scientific revolution. This is the correct theory and the theory that we still use today.

In 1633 Galileo Galilei was put on trial for believing that the earth was not the center of the universe, but that the sun was. He had published the book Letters on the Solar Spots, stating his beliefs on the universe. The Catholic Church put Galileo on trial because he was going against the Church's beliefs. The Catholic Church had believed in the geocentric theory, while Galileo believed in the heliocentric theory.

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

Scientific Meathod

The scientific method in an idea a group of scientist came up with as a way to prove theories. The scientific revolution became a new way of thinking to all scientist. It became the era in which many people/scientist had many ideas, many theory's. For some even, they even had a new crazy theory about a new way of life. For instance aristotle's theory was that heavier objects feel faster then lighter objects. For that to be proven correct took a couple of years.

Evolution vs. Creation

Evolution

The theory of evolution was made by a man named Charles Darwin.The theory states that 'all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors,through the process he called natural selection'.Which means that us humans started out as a lower form of life such as a single celled organisms and changed for the better according to our environments.To make this theory Darwin studied the finches on the different Galapagos islands and how they had different traits such as beak shape and size.

Creation

All Catholic people know te story of Adam and Eve.But the story starts out with the story of how GOD created the earth.In the story GOD created the earth and everything on it in 6 days and on the 7th day he rested and amdired his work.All Catholic people in the world believe this it is written in the bible under the book of genesis.

Evolution and Creation

Most people pick one side and say the other side is wrong but i believe that both sides are right. What I mean by that is that i think that the theory of evolution is ture but i think god did all the things that changed us to be what we are today.