Rodrigo's Global Blog

Joseph Stalin and Totalitarianism

2008-01-11T10:10:00.000-08:00

Joseph Stalin was one of the most powerful and murderous dictators in history. Joseph stalin was a gifted organizer and dictator of Soviet Union for over 25 years, from
1924-1934. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili was born December 18 1879 in gori. He studied at theological seminary and never graduated. Instead he devoting his time to the revolutionary movement against the Russian Monarchy. Stalin was prepared for Hitlers attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941. Joseph Stalin died because of a stroke on the 5th of March 1953.

Film Lesson: Doctor Zhivago

2008-01-10T10:14:00.000-08:00

In the Movie Doctor Zhivago the story was about this wealthy doctor which follow the russian army to healing during in battle. There was a nurse in which he falls in love with. While at home he has a wife and son. In the middle of the movie the doctor and the nurse and the russian army gave up and left the battle. While on the way they saw more army men and Generals coming the way they left to fight the battle in which they left and the people going home trapped the newcommers and killed the gernerals and started going home as well. When the doctor comes home everything in the town was changed. Snice the Doctor was wealthy he had a preety big house. So when he came back there everything he owned was split to it can evenly shared with the town. The Russian Revolution was started because the leader was begin unfair to the people and the community was starving and freezing.

Causes of WWI

2008-01-10T10:12:00.000-08:00

The cause of world war one was during the Franco Prussian war France lost Allsace Lorraine to Germany. With the loss of thier land, tension was created. The Balkans were in an area that other countries wanted but they believed that if something happened there that the countries would errupt in war.All of the countires were fighting over land in Africa to increase thier nationalism. Then the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdiniand occured. When he was killed by a Serbian the Balkans were outraged and sparked the war to start.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

2007-11-27T10:11:00.000-08:00

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Karl Marx and Communism

2007-11-13T10:09:00.000-08:00

"Karl Marx was communism's most zealous intellectual advocate. His comprehensive writings on the subject laid the foundation for later political leaders, notably V. I. Lenin and Mao Tse-tung, to impose communism on over twenty countries." Karl marx Was a Communsim He was Born in 1818 through 1883.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

2007-11-09T10:15:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx was a German but his ideas changed Russian history. Marx's ideas were known as Communism, a word formed for commom. He was born a Jew, but his father converted the family to Christianity in order to get a job. Marx did not believe in god and thought workers were controlled by religion. He said, "religion is the opiate of the people." Opium is a drug.Marx died in 1883, but his ideas formed the basis of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

2007-10-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

"I will not rest until I have broken the chains that bind us to the will of Spain." - Simon Bolivar.

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar was born in Caracas on July 24, 1783. Thanks to his tutors, Bolívar became familiar with the works of the Enlightenment as well as those of classical Greece and Rome. Bolívar left for Spain in 1799 with his friend, Esteban Escobar. In Spain, Bolívar met Maria Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa whom he married soon afterwards in 1802. Shortly after returning to Venezuela, in 1803, Maria Teresa died of yellow fever.In 1823 Bolívar took command of the invasion of Peru and in September arrived in Lima with Sucre to plan the attack. On August 6, 1824, Bolívar and Sucre jointly defeated the Spanish army in the Battle of Junín. On December 9 Sucre destroyed the last remnant of the Spanish army in the Battle of Ayacucho, eliminating Spain's presence in South America.

The French Revolution: Social Causes

2007-09-27T10:08:00.000-07:00

The first estate was the church clergy.The second estate was the nobility knights.It was common for aristocrats to enter the Church and shifted from the second to the first estate.The third estate was the peasantry.France’s Debt Problems was a number of ill
advised financial maneuvers in the late 1700s worsened the financial situation of the already cash-strapped French government. France prolonged involvement in the Seven Years War of 1756–1763 as did the country’s participation in the American Revolution of 1775–1783.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

2007-09-11T10:12:00.000-07:00

In the 1500's there were two main theories of the solar system. The Heliocentrism and Geocentrism were the two main theories of the solar system. Geocentrism is the belief that the Earth was the center of the universe. Geocentrism goes way back until Ancient Greece around 500-400 BC. Heliocentrism is the belief that the sun is the center of the universe. Heliocentrism began in the late 1500 to 1600's AD. Heliocentrism has been proven by many scientists today. In the 1600's, Heliocentrism was not very accepted because the Catholic Church taught Geocentrism to its followers.

On 1632, Galileo Galilei was summoned to Rome for a trial because he went against the Catholic Church. In the 17th Century the Catholic Church was extremely powerful. Almost to the point that it ruled people's lives but because Galileo spread his ideas and tried to raise awareness to people. The Church was aggrivated. After many long weeks Galileo was released where he was allowed to stay in his small farmhouse in Arcetri. In the 1641 he died.

Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method

2007-09-10T10:16:00.000-07:00

"The ancient Greeks and Christianity taught that the earth was the center of the universe. They believed that the sun and all the planets revolved around the earth. Because of the scientific revolution, we now know that is just not true. " The scientific revolution was a new way of thinking that challenged these outdated ideas. Scientists started to experiment. Like for example the "Aristotle had a theory that heavy objects fell faster than lighter objects. And for about 1,500 years, people believed him. Well, in the late 1500’s a young Italian named Galileo tested this theory. According to legend, he went up to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropped stones of different weights to the ground."

Evolution vs Creation

2007-09-06T10:22:00.000-07:00

Evolution: Charles Darwin Theory is a scientific Theory that tells us we came from a common ancestor evolving from generation to generation, in a process of natural selection or survival of the fittest. Oftenly there are some struggles between The Evolution Theory and The Creation Theory.

Creation: The Creation Theory is very opposite to evolution. The Creation Theory Is a religious belief stating that were created by one god who created the Universe. Like The Christianity bible that we are all sons of Adan and Eve.