Causes of WWI

One of the reasons was militarism. And nationalism, settlement of the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the principle of nationalism was ignored in favor of preserving the peace. Germany and Italy was left as 2 different states. This was the 1st war where they used machine guns. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Japan thought they was the most dominant out of all races. They never let anyone into their country. The Chinese banned Christianity.

The Opium Wars

The opium war was about English selling a drug called opium to the Chinese people.The people was getting addicted to this drug.And by the time the war came the people was so drugged up to were they couldn't fight so the English won.

" The White Man's Burden"

The poem The white Man's Burden is about a slave owner being such a burden meaning annoying.