Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Russian Revolution


The Russian's had a revolution because of the revolution that had happened on February and October. Causes of the Russian Revolution was because of political, economic and of socialism. The February revolution happened because of the Czar Nicholas II had left the throne. Czar Nicholas II was the one who engaged Russia into WWI and he kept sending troops to fight while people of starving. He was being a bad Czar and was abdicated from his throne. The October Revolution was because of the Soviet Union establishing. Bolsheviks were the people who had defeated the Russian Revolution. They also had a leader, his name was Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was a communist who didn't agree to the war. He followed to what Karl Marx and his communism. The night of November 6, the Bolsheviks attacked the Russian capital and that night they had won.
The quote "Peace, land and bread" by Lenin meant that he would promise them peace, land and food for when the war is finished. They had fought for what they wanted.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Causes of WW I


The cause of the WWI was because of Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism. All of the nations believed that their nations were the best and fought to prove that it was true. If you were from one nation you would think your nation is superior and more powerful than all the others. With all the countries thinking differently it brought problems and to solve it they used war. The war was also used to see who can own the mos land. Imperialism came in because of Africa and Asia. Europe would mostly conquer them because they had more force with them. To Africa and Asia it wasn't fair because they were being controlled while Europe thought it was good for them. Well that was imperialism, now Militarism comes in because Europe had much greater military. They were getting their military ready for war and to have everything organized and prepared for war. Finally what actually started the war was because of the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. He had put the countries in their alliance and now because someone had assassinated him the war begun.