The Opium Wars

opium is a drug from a poppy seed plant that could be used to produce heroin. china was an isolated nation that didn't want anything to do with other nations. they were like stuck up and believed that their ancient rituals were the only thing they should worry. the British knew that they needed the resources from china so they they made the Chinese try opium drug until they were addicted to it. the Chinese got so addicted that many people couldn't live without it so British used this against them for exchanged of China's resources for example tea. china in their defense did like this at all. so they went to war with the British. the British crushed the Chinese because the British had more advanced technology weapon wise. they had machine guns,cannon and steam engine boats.

"The White Man's Burden"

The white man burden was written by Rudyard Kipling in 1899. it was originally written for queen Victoria. It was perfectly normal that white men constantly tried to colonize and rule people of other nations for their own benefit, both the people and the work may be seen as representing the "burden" of the title. I agree with the analysis because white people were traveling around exploring the world and robing resources from other nations. Two nations for example are Africa and India. Once the white people found the cure for malaria and their technology advanced they were unstoppable with their machines guns. Well whenever a country will have the power to control another country it is possible that imperialism to occur again.

"The Scramble for Africa"

The term "Scrabble for Africa" meant how European countries ( France, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Portugal) were so obsessed with the new land that everybodywanted Africa for their resources. They were all competing for resources. There resources were gold, wood,rubber, iron, tin, diamond, silver, copper, salt, ivory and other valuables. They were able to dominate Africa because they just invented
the machine gun and they also found the cure for malaria. With the cure of malaria they were able to go to the jungles and not die of the mosquitoes bites. This Scrabble affected the African people because the whites thought that they dominated the country and that they were the first race and the best race. They took advantage of the African people and made them into slaves. this also was a cause of theAfrican slave trade. The Europeans killed thousands of Africans and separated people within their tribes leading to also separation of families.

'Mountins Of The Moon"

The Europeans face crucial obstacles. They didn't have knowledge of the territories in Africa. They weren't familiar of the tribes and the way the tribes treated outsiders. They were scared but they had to continue their voyage for the source of the Nile river. The Africans tribes were so experience in throwing a sphere to kill their enemies. After months and months and months of their voyage when they did find the Nile they named it after the queen Victoria. When voyagers go out to explore they usually name what they discoveredit could be land, lake, mountains, etc. The explorers defeated the tribes with guns. But once thetechnology improved they invented machines guns and they were able to take over all of Africa.