Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Restoration of Japan


Mathew perry was a bully to the Japanese. He knew that he could take them down with his modern technology weapons. The Japanese were so defenseless because all they had were weak military. Japan wasn't very advanced in technology because they have been isolated from the rest of the world for a long time. America saw japan as a good source of reloading supplies like coal and water and food when the U.S ships are sailing. Mathew perry arrived to japan and tried to negotiate to open ports since it was a archipelago country meaning it has many island. The Japanese weren't so much willing to do that. Once the Japanese saw the ships with cannons and rifles and so high tech the Japanese knew they had to do what the Americans wished or not they will be conquered. The Japanese had to sign the treaty to open a port. From there on that opened the minds of the Japanese and they realized they have to catch up with the rest of the world because the isolation that they have been going through had caused them to be so far behind in technology. The Japanese sent their people to study foreign countries in Europe and to America.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism


Karl Marx was a german but his idea of communism changed the Russian history. he was born as jew, but his family was converted into christianity in order for his father to get a job as a lawyer. Communism was a theory and system of social and political organization that was a major force in world politics mostly during the 20th century. Marx wanted communism to take over the world.


Karl Marx idea for communism was for the poor working man to rise upabove and create a fair equal classless society. He hated the fact thatsome people could be well off while many suffered from poverty.


Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution



Marx was born in 1818 in German in this place called Prussia. When Karl Marx was a young university student he always liked to drink in bars and to fight a lot but he still managed to study hard. Marx joined this group students who studied the German philosopher, Gerog Hegel. Hegel taught every important idea produces another idea that was the opposite.

Karl Marx was the one and only man who stared the first protest in the industrial revolution with the rich people of that century, that wants the people work double because they changed the clock and the employers did know how many time they work and that was better for the rich boss, Karl Marx was a good point in the industrial revolution and was an important leader for the employers and also was a good philosopher for the history.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy


Nationalism is beautiful it shows the respect and honor you give for your country. Nationalism is when you give lots of pride to a country and are able to sacrifice for it. It can be your birth country or the country of your parents if they migrated from somewhere else or a country that you just simply want. Nationalism also is when you and your people share the same culture and history of your country and support your people and your country.Nationalism was used to create the nation of Italy because while it destroyed empires it also built nations. Italy was one of the countries form from the crumbling empires. Before this country was created it used to be a kingdom until 1946. After 1946 Italians voted for a republican constitution which included the entire Italian Peninsula.

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolution


Simos Bolivar was called El Libertador (born July 24 of 1783 in Caracas, captaincy general of Venezuela – died December 17 1830, in santa Martha Colombia) was a leader of several Independence movements throughout South America, collectively known as Bolivar`s War. In 1802, he married María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro after a year she died and he went back to Europe, he was the libertador of colombia and he partcipe in some wars in Spain and other parts of the world, he was an good writter, he wrote a few books about his conquisted and about his life, also he participed in the Battle of Boyaca. The country Bolivia is named after Simon Bolivar. After he kicked out the Spaniards in 1824 he made a part in upper Peru a separate state named Bolivia in his honor. Simon Bolivar was an important person in the world and now in the present he had a day to celebrated all he did in the past.