Tuesday, February 24, 2009

The Treaty of Versallies

Germany was fighting a an alliance between France, Italy, Britain, Russia . Germany had ended WWI war on November 11, 1918.They decided to make an agreement and had signed the Treaty of Versailles ,blaming the cause of the war on Germany. The treaty of Versailles was signed in one of the largest places , palace of Versailles in France.The treaty had forced Germany to give up all they had and started a recession. The League of Nations took control of all their colonies. In my opinion i don't think that the treaty of Versailles was not fair because they took everything of Germany's. In many others opinions they believe that the treaty of Versailles why the rise of Adolph Hitler and fascism.He had became the new dictator of Germany.Which he mostly took advantage of because he knew everyone had hope that they he would help bring Germany up again.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

He was the president of Turkey for 15 years, and he goes by the name of "The Father of Turkey". Before being a president Mustafa Kemal was a commander leader because of all his victories and political reformation . Turkey had been formed as a new nation. He believed that there should be a dress code were all the people had to dress and live just like the Europeans. He also established laws which state proper clothing like ties ,pants,shirts, and hats instead of dressing in the certain kind of clothing. they had Legal systems that everyone was equal according to the law. He had improved the agricultural expansion, technological advancement, and industrial growth. His work was very impressive and helped the nation in many different ways.
Secular means to have reference to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual or scared.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi used different ways to gain independence from the Great British. But unlike other great leaders Gandhi was against violence and only ways of piece. An example of his non-violence action was the salt march.The salt march was when the Gandhi and the other Indians had refused to buying salt from the British. So the decided to march on the sea coast and make their own salt. Another way that Gandhi used to gain independence in a peaceful way was when every one had boycotted of buying cloth from the British. So instead if buying it everyone had made there own cloths. The British had got really made and would on strike at Gandhi with violence. Even though the British used violence buy killing the Indians ,Gandhi still never gave he with his leadership with non violence. In my opinion i think that Gandhi contributed a lot in order for the Indians to gain independence, because he tried to bring together the Muslims and the Hindus. Since Gandhi united the two different groups I think that is the only reason why they won against the British because they learned how to work together.