Middle Eastern States

With the end of World War One, the Great War was over. The Balfour Declaration gave the Jews back their Holy Land. The Jews advocated this Declaration very much so, for that reason. This land had already belonged to the Palestines but Britain and France didn't care; it was their land. The Palestines didn't like this and this was when the big dispute over the Holy Land started. Currently, they are still fighting over this "Holy Land". The Muslim religion and the Jewish religion, being part of a sect together, share common history over this land and this is why the dispute was created over it. This land will not be given up because they feel inclined by God to keep it. With this problem lasting to the present, it will be hard to resolve. Each religion has ties to this area spiritually, so the only fair way is to distribute the area that applies the most to each religion and have that country claim it.

Russian Revolution

In 1917, the Russians revolted and overthrew the czar. When Russia became involved in World War One, it showed nothing but the weakness in czarist rule and leadership. Russian communists gained power and signed peace treaty with Germany. It was up until this time that Nicholas II was the czar of Russia. The Bolsheviks signed a peace treaty with Germany in 1918. This triggered a civil war to breakout and the Bolsheviks owned all victory. This is when the Revolution led to the creation of the U.S.S.R. It wasn't until 1924, seven years after the monarchy was overthrown by the Russian Revolution, that the U.S.S.R. was created. The U.S.S.R., also known as The Union of Soviet Socialist Republic or just the Soviet Union, was later diminished in 1991.

Imperialism

Imperialism is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies. The main goal of Imperialism was basically to just destroy weak nations politically and economically and gain control. Africa had a great attack on their society during this time. The Scramble for Africa was the proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territory during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880's and the First World War in 1914. From 1884-1885 the Berlin Conference occurred, regulating European colonization and trade in Africa during this New Imperialism period. Not only was Africa effected by this New Imperialism age, but also other continents, countries, and nations. For example, the Boer War took place from 1899-1902 in which Great Britain fought against the Transvaal and Orange Free State on the Zulu Nation, and the Opium Wars which were the climax of trade dispute between China under the Qing Dynasty and the UK of Great Britain and Ireland. Motives were analyzed by Europeans for Imperialism. Economic motives included the desire to make profits, expand trade, create new markets, and to export technology and new transportation methods. A few examples of economical motives were: the diamond mining in South Africa to later be sold for great profits and the resource ivory that Africa contained which was also used for profits. Political motives were used for the gain of power for a nation and to compete with other European countries by expanding territory and winning colonies for example the French invading Vietnam to capture their citadel. Ideological motives were based around cultural values such as the belief that the white race was superior compared to the black, outside cultures were primitive, and only the strongest nations shall survive. An example of ideological motives being, Cecil Rhodes vision of making Africa into much like Great Britain.

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Industrial Revolution

Summary - Industrial Revolution, term usually applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society relying on complex machinery rather than tools.

Blog Question - Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain?

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain because it was home of all the basic necessities needed for a revolution! The Factors of Production played a big part in Great Britain being the home of the Industrial Revolution. They had many ways of transportation such as rail ways and canals, great for transporting goods to and from. They also had land and large companies and factories. There was also a extraordinarily large population there at the time which called for products served at a rapid rate.

Miguel Hidalgo

Latin American Revolutions Project.- Miguel Hidalgo(:

Miguel Hidalgo (1753-1811) - Mexican Roman Catholic priest, creole, and revolutionary leader. Miguel Hidalgo was born to a criollo family in the Corralejo Hacienda. A criollo was a Mexican who was generally of Spanish ancestry. He trained as a priest and had a great interest in both political and social questions. As he grew older, he was known as the "Father of the Country" by many Mexican people. Hidalgo fought for independence from Spain being founder of the Mexican War of Independence. It was 1810 when Hidalgo rang the bells of his church in the village of Dolores after hearing that the Spanish colonial authorities were on the move. It was then he made his speech, the Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores"), in which he demanded independence. It was then the War of Independence had began in the town of San Miguel el Grande.  While the Spanish governor attempted to organize a defensive army, he only came about some 500 Creole and Spanish soldiers. This was in Hidalgo's advantage, seeing he had put together a mestizo army of about 20,000 soldiers. The town finally fell during which many of the Spaniards and criollos were massacred at the Alhondiga de Granaditas. It was then the mestizo army moved southeast towards Mexico City where 3000 cavalry and 600 infantry had been placed at the pass of Las Cruces. It was there Hidalgo's army had been defeated by the Spanish army which forced the survivors of the battle to seek refuge in a few nearby areas. In 1811, Miguel Hidalgo was shot for treason at the government palace. His head was then cut off and stuck on a pike as a warning to others.