Hello I’m Kelly E from Mr. Sal’s period six 20th century class. The game we played in class taught us the importance of treaties, and how easily wars can start. We got split into groups and, were assigned countries that we were to be. I was part of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey along with three other people.

We received economic points based on what countries we were at the beginning of the game. These points were used to buy things like armies, navies, colonies, and industries. In order to receive more economic points we had to build industries, and colonies. For each industry, or colony we had we would receive extra economic points. During wars we had a chance of gaining, or losing colonies. If you lost a war; you lost your colonies. If you won it; you gained the other countries colonies for yourself along with your allies.

When playing this game we had to try, and make treaties with other countries. Two people from our group would go around, and try to get other countries to sign treaties with us. By doing that we could be safer in numbers, and also stronger against other countries. We made promises to treat the other countries fairly, and to split colonies evenly with them. Near the end of the game every country in the class had their own allies, and enemies. We made many treaties during the start of the game all, but two were broken. This showed us how easy it is for other countries to turn their backs on us, and then attack us.

The class had three wars. When the last war occurred we were nearly evenly matched, but my country and allies won. Even though we had fewer allies than the other side of the room; we had far more armies, navies, and industries. Instead of spending our points on colonies we bought navies to protect us. During the last war we did not have enough protection, so we put all our money into that. This allowed us to win the last war.