The Opium Wars

The Opium Wars, was a war between the British and the Chinese because of opium. The chinese emperor wanted the british to stop sending opium into his country because the drug was ruining the country and killing all of the people. However the Birtish did not want to stop sending the drugs because they were getting money. It was called the Opium wars because the reason the countries fought was because of opium. The British won because they were much more advanced then the Chinese. The majority of the fights were fought on sea. The British had ships with canons on the sides. Even when they reached land they were still more advanced then the Chinese. Both countries signed a treaty and the war was over, but the damage was still done. Many of the Chinese people were still addicted to Opium, so the country had alot of repairing to do.

The White Man's Burden

Burden is a problem. The White Man's Burden is the problem the white men went through. The white men went through many problems on their trip to the Philippines . I agree with the articles because the Europeans went into Philippines and tried to take everything over. They acted as if they already owned the country, they treated the Philippines as if they were less important. The Europeans had the state of mind that they were superior to any type of race that was out there.


The U.S. is still imperialistic because Bush sent out millions of troops out to Iraq in order to take over. The government lies to us and says that the only reason of the invasion is because of the oil, however Bush wanted to take over the land and have all of the raw materials in his control. Even if the poem was written over 100 years ago, it is still very similar to the problem the U.S. is facing right now.

The Scramble for Africa

The main countries in the scramble for Africa were Europe the British, the French, the Germans, and the Belgiums. They went into Africa in order to look for natural resources. The Europeans took salt, gold, wood, copper, and ivy to Europe to better the nation. They also were very greedy so they wanted to conquer other countries. The British thought they were the first race and they were superior to other countries. Africa wass very easy to conquer because they European nations were more advanced then the Africans. The Europeans used machine guns while the Africans used spears. The scramble affected the Africans because the borders were created which played around with the land of thw Africans. This ruined the amount of land the African tribes controlled.

Film Lesson "Mountains of the Moon"

Mountains of the Moon was based on the explorations of Richard Francis Burton and Lt. John Hanning Speke. They went to Africa in order to explore the Nile river and to find the source of the river as well. They went for Queen Victoria and the british empire. The first trip to Africa ended up being a mistake because the tribe that owned the land that burton and Speke were resting on, attacked them. Burton received a spear to the face that went through his cheeks. Speke was hit by a spear on both legs. The African tribe killed all of the African workers that were hired by Burton and Speke. Everytime a tribe saw the explorers they stopped and they were scarred because they had never seen a white man before, they touched there face and there hair to see if they were real. The explorers named the source of the Nile, lake Victoria. In honor of the queen. The Europeans had the advantage of having guns, This way they could defend them selves from the Africans that tried to attack them. Europeans easily conquered Africa because they had guns, especially the strength of machine guns. Machine guns were much more effective then the spears that the Afircans used.