The Opium War

The Opium War was a fight between British and Chinese. They been trade opium for tea for years into the Chinese notice that the opium was mess with thier culture. Opium was a drug that had a major addition to it. the Chinese was using the drugs heavy and the Chinese want it to be stopped before China was destory. The British refussed to stop sell opium to them because they needed the tea. British came to a point and decided they gona force the Chinses to buy the drugs and if not they gona go to war. During the war the Chinses was be killed because pf the ships and weapons the British had. China was eventually defeated by Britain, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanjing in 1842.

"The White Man's Burden"

The Scramble for Africa

The scramble for Africa is also known as the Race for Africa. The main Europeans nations involved in the race was Germany,Spain,Portugal, and others. They was using Africa for trades and for slavery.The reason they was able to take over Africa so fast was because they had powerful weapons such as machine guns, and pistols and the Africans had spears. The Africans had no choice but to let them because they knew they had no chance of going agaist them without dying. This effected Africa by taking their freedom away.

Film Lesson "Mountains of the Moon"

Europeans faced many hardships as they traveled to the middle of Africa to find the river. Tribes of African people would ambush and kill Europeans. Malaria would also kill the Europeans. The journey they had was so long and at times not so easy without a map or food. Many Europeans died of heat and exuation. The reason why Lake Victoria the third largest lake in the world is named after a British queen is because an Englishman found it and then named it after the queen of England.