Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Russian Revolution


The Russian had a cruel ruler call czar and he unfair to all the Russians. During WW1 the Russian where already struggling but the czar made them join they where they where not prepare mentally and physically for the war. The war destroy the economy they lost a lot of the land just to get out of the war. tension sparked and they kick czar out of his throne and killed him and his family. that was the Revolution began. Lenin was the leader of the revolution he came up with the quote "Peace Land and Bread" which followed the idea of Karl Marx Communism.Bolsheviks one of Lenin supporters tried to fix Russia's economy.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Causes of WW1


WW1 was the first war in which millions of men where killed. IT was so terrible that it was called "The War to end all Wars". IT was fought in 3 continents Europe Africa and Asia it lasted fro 1914 to 1918.Imperialism, Nationalism and militarism was the man cause of WW1.The war started the with the assassination of archduke Ferdinand by the Serbian black hand.the nation was competing against each other to see who was better. Different nations team up together to become alliances.there where different conflicts in Africa and Asia.The European nation started to build strong army to get ready for the war.