World History Blog

Key Points: Decolonization: A process that started with many of African and Asian countries that were colonized, slowly started to revolt and gain independence from their European rulers. Some of it was peaceful through negotiations with political reforms, investments but some ended up being a little violent.  Indian National Congress: An organization that was created in India in 1885 by wealthy, educated and middle- high ranking Indians in effort to gain a voice in the political party and frame of India for governance, took forever but became popular and came into a stronger effect with Gandhi as a leader and gained independence from Great Britain.   Mahatma Gandhi: Also called "Great Soul", Gandhi who was born in 1869 became a political leader for the drive and effort to lead India to independence from Great Britain. Was part of the Indian National Congress, was well educated, became a lawyer, married at age 13, but still witnessed some racial inequality by the Britis...

Key Points: Russian Revolution(1917): A revolution in the 1917 in Russia that got rid of the Tsar and the Romanov family, while the Bolsheviks came to power with Lenin. Bolsheviks/Lenin: The leader of the Bolsheviks was Lenin, also known as Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, of this communist party that took over in Russia and started to make the USSR, Union of Soviets Socialist Republic. Guomindang: The Chinese Nationalist party that lasted from 1928-1949, but were unable to meet the requirements of the civilians to China and soon was overthrown by Mao Zedong.  Chinese Revolution: A long revolution in China that overthrew the Chinese imperial system, and then went onto with the victory of Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party, making China a Communist state/ country.  Mao Zedong: Chairman Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and led to the CCP ruling over China over the Guomindang, was still over CCP until his death.  Building Socialism: When a soc...

Key Points: World War 1: A war that took place in Europe that lasted from 1914-1918 that started with the assassination of archduke Franz Ferdinand and involved the countries, Great Britain, Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Serbia, United States, Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria-Hungary.  Treaty Of Versailles: The treaty that ended World War 1, which would soon lead up to World War 2, blamed all of the war on Germany and forced them to waken their military, pay for the damages of World War 1 and took their resources and land .  Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points: President Wilson (United States) thoughts on what to do after the war with the League of Nations, alliances and Germany. Great Depression: A period where a lot of  world fell into a depression of their economies, resulting from World War 1, started from 1920's and moved onto even the 1930's.  New Deal: A plan made by President Wilson to solve the depression in the United States, helped increase the e...

Key Points: Scramble for Africa: A time period in which many European countries tried to colonize Africa, where the major powers such as France and Britain dominated most of the continent.  Indian Rebellion, 1857-1858: A rebellion and uprising in India cause my class differences with the British, and the Indian Hindus, and the oppressive rule that the British had on India.  Congo free state/ Leopold II: When the Congo became part of King Leopold II's reign and when it was ruled by Belgium and in which he got wealth by taking its natural resources. Cultivation system:  A system made by the Dutch that said that twenty percent of the agricultural products is to be sold and given to the government so they can mark up the prices on that to make large profit from it.  Cash-crop agriculture: Crops that were used for only producing then selling for profit rather than using it for your own needs and wants. Western-educated elite: Africans and other countries peopl...

Trying to do something different with my blog instead of just summarizing it I'm going to start just writing down key points and definitions that I either find interesting or that I find useful. Key Points: Social Darwinism: The belief  that the fittest and best in terms of social would lead to the survival of their race and people.  Europeans and people who were ahead in comparison to most of the world thought this, which led to imperialism and European racism.  Taiping Uprising:  Peasant rebellion in China that ruined the economy of China as the pe ople revolted and they tried and cut out most of the contacts from the British empire.  Opium Wars: these were wars between China and Britain that started after China got hooked on Opium and Britain wanted to keep exporting these to China because their economy was rising from it but China stopped it, took out some exports and prohibited it, the British took it offensively, and started wars agai...

Basically what I saw in this reading was the Europeans second wave of colonialism. Since they were in the midst of the Industrial Revolution they needed more natural resources and also human resources. But with the Industrial Revolution since they were basically superior to anyone else they really made sure they made the other regions feel like they were below them. They viewed these regions as feminine or in other words weak. It also gave them a form of justification for what they were doing. One thing they did in these regions was deeper implementation of status or class divisions. And also introducing things like tax collection. What was really funny or ironic to me though was how they were introducing all of these ideas to the countries they were taking over meanwhile what they were practicing or going toward in their homeland was something completely different. Just like they had done in the Americas Europeans took over land by taking advantage the weaknesses these countries alre...