Thursday, January 14, 2010

The Russian Revolution

The Revolution break out in Russia in 1917.It destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Russian Revolution also called Bolshevik Revolution.During the Russian Revolution Russian get involved into World War I, and that time there were fighting with Germany, lots of people were killing during the war. Bolsheviks was the leader of the Russian Revolution, the reason that the revolution starts because of the people were tired of the government so they wanted a change. The Russian workers wanted to paied just enough to keep them alive. The workers did not have any rights. The Russian people did not wanted to have a Czar when Czar Nicholas gone there was no government strong to continue running Russian society in the old ways. This is the reason why Russian people wanted a Revolution.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Causes of WW I


World War One was started in 1914.The event triggering it was the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. By a member of the "black hand gang". They were of Serbian Nationalists determend to help the Serbians of Bosnia break free from Austria-Hungary control.
So when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia France and England came to help, Germany and Italy came to help Austria-Hungary so basikly every one was in a World War.

The Causes of the war was Nationalism, Militarism, Assassination of Franz Ferdinand.

Each nation's nationalism was cause by a buildup in military forces in the years prior to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. The nationalist feelings also led to many men volunteering to join their nation's army.

Militarism is using military power to solve diplomatic crises, it influenced the arms rac. It was a direct cause of WW1 because the Germans based their diplomacy around their military.The arms race caused the war, both sides felt provoked after the assasination of the Ferdinand.Both sides felt threatened, they did not trust each other, and that caused the war.

In 1914 the event triggering it was the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. By a member of the "black hand gang".