Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Restoration Of Japan


The reason Matthew Perry got what he wanted was because the Japanese were amazed by the boats Perry and his man were sailing. They were so amazed that they gave him what he wanted. Which was coal,food,water. He just bullied them by anchoring 26 miles away from the capital city with sails down and a Naval force that was far greater than any other Japanese war ship. They had no choice but to give in to his demands. A year later in 1854 the treaty was signed to open two ports. With the amazement of the technology the Americans had, the Japanese sent men all around the world to find out new ideas so that the could keep up with the world change in technology.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism


Karl Marx was Communisms best man. He hated the Industrial Revolution so much him and Engels basically created it. He hated the pollution and the child labor him and Engels made a book called "The Communist Manifesto". He dislike for capitalism, is which drove him to make communism. Communism was a form of socialism that eliminated private ownership, and favored a classless society. The reason he made communism was becasue of the workers that had to work 16 hour days everyday with poor working habitats and low pay. Karls plan for communism was genius everyone would be paid the same the government owned everything so there would be know fighting. But the thing with communism was that ot looked good on paper but it didnt work to well in real life, doctors were being paid the same as wood chipers thats why it never worked but there are some country that have communism like China.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution


Karl Marx was disgusted with the Industrial Revolution. He hated it for many reason. Reason like poor working conditions, pollution, and child labor. The reason he dislike the poor working comditions was that the work was vigorous and unsafe if a fire were to occur there was no safe route out of the building owners locked there workers in. Pollution destroyed the inviroment during the Revolution. Rivers were slim with crap on its banks smoke was being poured into the air all day and night. The worst is child labor children worked in places were grown men were suppose to work. They work 16 hours a day and were paid next to nothing.

Monday, October 22, 2007

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy


Nationalism means national spirit or aspiration a devotion and loyalty to ones own nation. It is also the the desire for national advancement or independence. The policy or doctrineof asserting the interest of ones own nation, viewed as separate from the interest of other nations or the common interest of all nations. I live in a country that has nationalism. Itlay was a country of bad leaders until one man visited the United States and saw it was done over here and decided to go back to Italy and change the governmet

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions


Simon Bolivar had won independence for Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. He traveled all over the world when he went to the U.S.A. which just got there independence from Great Britian it motivated him to go back to his country and win there independence. He also participated in the declaration of Venezuelen independence. He almost liberated a whole continent, having a whole country named after him (Bolivia) also sometimes referred as the George Washington of South America.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror


"Liberty cannot be secured unless criminals lose there heads" Robespierre said of the new developments of the french revolution. The middle class and the poor had more power than they ever had because things in France was more democratic. With the new power people went a little crazy with it that's when there was a period of time called the Reign of Terror. Robespierre took over with his power he just started cutting peoples heads off. For instants there was this gang called the Jacobin's they went around looking for people that were connected with the old regime cutting there heads off with the famous guillotine. They even killed Louis the 16 finding him for treason. Robespierre scared the crap out of people cutting people heads off left and right you could be a friend of Robespierre and the next you were on the guillotine. He changed the days of the week and got rid of Sunday saying that it was to religious so all the Church's were closed. The Reign of Terror ended when Napoleon Bonaparte stepped in and brought everything Robespierre destroyed to an end.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

French Revolution


The French Revolution all started because the states general.Then the Bastille was stormed and taken over by the citizens of Paris. Louis the 16 and his family were taken and kidnapped from their home the Versailles and taken into Paris. He was then kept there for a couple of years before he went on trail in 1792 and then executed in early 1793.Then the revolutionary government declared war on Britain a world for world domain which had been coming for a while. The French Revolution had such a huge impact on Britain for a long time that the intellectual, philosophical, and political life of Britian was changed.