Monday, February 11, 2008

The Treaty of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was a treaty signed after World War 1. The treaty was signed at the Versailles palace in Paris. The treaty left effect's to Germany's territorial, financial, military and general. In military Germany reduced the number of soldiers 100,000 men; the army was not allowed tanks. She not allowed an air force, she was allowed only 6 capital naval ships and no submarine.
Financially Germany was suffering, from the lost territories; the country could not maintain economicaly. Trades with coal from other countries were a huge loss to Germany economicaly. Germany was also forbidden to unite with Austria to form one superstate, in an atempt to recover from the loss.
The Treaty was not liked by germans, most of the them did not want to sign it but they had to. It's either they sign it or be invaded by the Allies.

Friday, February 8, 2008

Mustafa Kemal

Mustafa Kemal wanted the nation of the Ottoman empire to be secular. Kemal saw that the Ottoman empire was far to strict with the religion aspect. He wanted change in the nation the change would lead to the modernization of what is now known as the country of Turkey.

Mustafa Kemal used the republican regime for the people, Kemal new it would be the people's choices for the best. Kemal made better choices for what was fair for people. He liked the idea of letting women vote, which became one of six principles along with other principles. But besides letting women vote Kemal also wanted peasents to vote, he stated that the true rulers of Turkey were the peasents.
Kemal did not like the class structure he felt that it would not make the community as one and would not get the best out of them. Which he wanted, Kemal wanted every citizen to be equal and fair which make a better productive community.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Film Lesson Gandhi

Gandhi helped India by using public speaking and gaining the trust and minds of Indian's. He wanted India to be a independent country and wanted the inhabitants in India the Sikh's, Hindu's and Mulsim's to be one. Britain made it hard for Indian's, by exploiting Indian's economicaly and making them second hand citizens. He stood up to the injustice's of Britain and took this unfair matter to his own hands and made a movement. He started making speeches that were public which gained attention from both Indian's and Britain. Britain was controlling literaly everything in India like salt mines, cotton and even the Indian people. Gandhi saw where they get their money and power from so he started influencing Indian's to stop buying products from Britain when Indian's themselves can make it. So Indian's took these word's and followed Gandhi and his freedom movement. Gandhi made a oath to himself to not to use violence he said using violence would just cause more violence so he urged his follower's to never follow the violent route. The famous saying came from him which is "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind". Though Indian's refrained from using violence Britain used excesive violence even killing Indian's whenever they would march with Gandhi or just following his movement.