Opium Wars - Imperialism in China

The Opium Wars was a drug war. This was a war over Opium and that is why this was called the Opium War. Opium is made of juice, seedpods, and to produce heroin. There was a couple of the Opium War. In the first Opium War close to 2 million pounds of Opium was sold in China. 10% of the Chinese were smoking Opium.

The second war happened because there was a dispute over treaties and boarding British Ship Arrow. The second Opium War was also known as the Lorcha Arrow War. China loss the war. This was because were forced to reaffirm the terms of the Treaty of Tianjin. Britain was the victor of this war.

Film Lesson: "Mountains of the Moon"

In the film "Mountains of the Moon" there were plenty hardships. One of the first hardships was the explorers being attacked by an African tribe. The explorers suffered bad injuries from this attack. Another hardship was people dying from miliaria, while searching for lake Victoria. Lake Victoria is named after the British Queen. This is strange because the lake is in Africa, so you may think it will have an African name.

The Europeans had technology advantages over the Africans. They had thermometers, microscopes, and even clothes the Africans have not seen yet. The most primary technology they had over the Africans was the gun. The Africans were afraid and amazed at the gun when they first saw it. The main reason Europeans were able to conquer Africa so easily was because they had machine guns that has a major advantage over the spear or shied.

Imperialism Project

In global class we did an imperialism project. We did this project to see how things has changed over time. I have learned that many countries conquered each others in order to get resources that they do not have. They used these resources to produce goods and sell to make money. I have learned that many countries have plenty resources others do not.