The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution started because the people of Russia were tired of the czar. Because of the czar they were dragged into WW1 and had a shortage of good and people were starving. Then Lenin and the Bolshevik came into Russia to take over because they saw an opportunity promising peace and bread for people. People were excited Lenin and the Bolshevik came and they took over and put out foundation of communism in Russia who the idea of communism originated form Karl Marks who was a German who hated the Industrial Revolution. Russia was the first country to have communism as a form government with workers controlling the country. Many years later Lenin dies and and Joseph Stalin comes a takes over Russia and becomes the dictator of Russia.

Cause Of WWI

The cause of the World War One was because of the assassination of the Archduke of Astria-Hungray Franz Ferdinand the Astrianhungrian empire blamed Serbia and declared war on them. And at the time many countries in Europe had alliances. The triple entente had France, Russia and England and they jumped in to help out Serbia. the triple alliance included the Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary and jumped in for Austria-Hungary. These alliances were just waiting to fight each other and when the Archduke was assassinated it just light the spark and the first biggest war the world has seen happen.

Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

The Opium War started when the British wanted to trade with China but they refused to trade with westerners. The Chinese were also very isolated and thought they were better than everyone. The British wanted tea from the Chinese and since they refused to trade they came up with a plan to make them trade. The British started giving Opium (drug) to the Chinese which they became addicted and had to trade with the British cause they wanted more.

Later on the British stopped trading Opium and told the Chinese tot trade with them and they refused again. So the British declared war on China and they defeated them because Chinese weren't as advance as the British were military wise.