my project on feminism on the "first" woman scientist
Summary
Marie Curie who was originally Marie Sklodowska is a Polish woman was bornon November 7, 1867. She was one of the first woman to obtain a degree in physics, the first woman to graduate a university in France, receive a Nobel Prize, first scientist to receive two Nobel Prizes, and obtain a chair position at the Sorbonne. Even though she had a daughter, in 1897 with her husband Pierre Curie, it did not slow her down. She continued to research uranium rays and their radioactivity. In 1903, along with her husband, they received the first Nobel Prize in physics. Shortly after her husband passed away, she took the place of her husband’s teaching job at Sorbonne and became the first woman professor and later on obtained a chair position at Sorbonne. In 1911, Marie received her second Nobel Peace Prize because of her discovery on Radium and Polonium, thus leading her to becoming the first scientist to win two Nobel Prizes.
Monday, April 24, 2017
Chapter 23
Chapter 23: Capitalism and Culture: A New Phase in Global Interaction
- Since 1945
- The transformation of the world economy
- globalization again
- great increase in global trade since the 1945
- foreign direct investment
- growth instability and inequality made it an antiglobalization movement
- globalization in an american empire
- force v soft power
- decline in America's economic power
- resistance to an American empire
- focus on feminism
- women's liberation
-women of color were included in the "feminism" movement
- there was also feminism in the global south
- realized that women were part of larger struggles
- women rights are also human rights
- fundamentalism on a global scale
- threats from science, states, and capitalism
- there were American conservative Christians
- there were also religious alternatives to fundamentalism
- reated islamic societies
- Islamic opposition to newly independent secular states
- social and economic problems
- feminism has come a long way
-we are currently still fighting for these rights but we are more aware now
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- Since 1945
- The transformation of the world economy
- globalization again
- great increase in global trade since the 1945
- foreign direct investment
- growth instability and inequality made it an antiglobalization movement
- globalization in an american empire
- force v soft power
- decline in America's economic power
- resistance to an American empire
- focus on feminism
- women's liberation
-women of color were included in the "feminism" movement
- there was also feminism in the global south
- realized that women were part of larger struggles
- women rights are also human rights
- fundamentalism on a global scale
- threats from science, states, and capitalism
- there were American conservative Christians
- there were also religious alternatives to fundamentalism
- reated islamic societies
- Islamic opposition to newly independent secular states
- social and economic problems
- feminism has come a long way
-we are currently still fighting for these rights but we are more aware now
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Chapter 22
Chapter 22: The End of Empire: The Global South on the Global Stage
- 1913-present
- the new forces of nationalism, national self determination, and the nation state
- there were contradictions of the colonial empires when Africa and Asia became independent
- new elites challenged colonial rule
- contradictions of the colonial empire
- India ending British rule
- there was an impact because ow WWI
- Partition in 1947
- South Africa ending Apartheid
- they were independent but there was a white minority rule
- there was an industrial economy that used black labor and didn't pay well
- African National Congress in 1912
- there was a turn towards armed struggle in the 1960
- there was also international pressure
- there was continued violence
- Nelson Mandela
- he was president of south africa
- there was democracy in India
- economic failure in Africa
- armies knew they were powerful so they intimidated poorer people
- transition to democracy in the 1980s
- leftist politics and military coups in Latin America
- overcame poverty
- disagreements in the field of developmental economics
- participated in world markets
- in Turkey and Iran:
- cultures of tradition and culture modernity
- politics of Islam, dress and gender
- cultural revolution in favor of tradition
Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Revolution, Socialism, and Global Conflict: The Rise and Fall of World Communism
- 1917– now
- Marxism's path to the future
- there were conflicts among communist states
- revolutions as a path to communism
- Russia: revolution in a single year
- there was continued chaos under the provisional government
- civil war happened (1918-1921)
- Stalin in Eastern Europe after world war II
- In China there was a prolonged revolutionary struggle
- gave women more rights
- there were laws for
- equality
- work
- education
- marriage
- divorce
- pregnancy
- abortions
- men and women were somehow equalish
- "women can do anything"
- Cold War
- its a cold war because there wasn't really any fighting
- imperial presidency it was like a "milirary industrial complex"
- American economic and cultural power
- military spending and propaganda
- there were conflicts with the communist world
- there were "Hot Wars" in Korea and Vietnam
- End of Communism
- China abandoned Communism
- worst fear
- message of Tianamen Square (1989)
- Nationalist movements
- collaspe of regimes in Eastern Europe (1989)
- USSR becomes russia and other states (1991)
- 1917– now
- Marxism's path to the future
- there were conflicts among communist states
- revolutions as a path to communism
- Russia: revolution in a single year
- there was continued chaos under the provisional government
- civil war happened (1918-1921)
- Stalin in Eastern Europe after world war II
- In China there was a prolonged revolutionary struggle
- gave women more rights
- there were laws for
- equality
- work
- education
- marriage
- divorce
- pregnancy
- abortions
- men and women were somehow equalish
- "women can do anything"
- Cold War
- its a cold war because there wasn't really any fighting
- imperial presidency it was like a "milirary industrial complex"
- American economic and cultural power
- military spending and propaganda
- there were conflicts with the communist world
- there were "Hot Wars" in Korea and Vietnam
- End of Communism
- China abandoned Communism
- worst fear
- message of Tianamen Square (1989)
- Nationalist movements
- collaspe of regimes in Eastern Europe (1989)
- USSR becomes russia and other states (1991)
Chapter 20
Chapter 20: Collapse at the Center: World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of Global Power
- 1914–1970s
- it was an accident waiting to happen
- European global power but rivalry and conflict at home
- Assassination of Franz Ferdinand in June 28 of 1914
- alliances and nationalism
- industrialized militarism
- European empires and trade made it a global war
- Capitalism Unraveling the Great Depression
- there was overproduction, international loans, and stock speculation
- import substitution industrialization in Latin America
- rise of Hitler
- a lot of racism
- people started supporting Hitler
- Hitler did little steps in order to get people to discriminate
-Holocaust happened
- death chambers in showers
- gas vans, zykon b etc.
- Facism: form of government
- extreme nationalism
- celebration of violence and a "charismatic" leader
- it was anti democratic
- Japanese authoritarianism
- economic growth, social tension, etc
- impact of Great Depression
- government action on economy
- The Great Depression
- unraveling of the economic system in 1929
- overproduction of goods =cheaper
- a lot loans happened
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- 1914–1970s
- it was an accident waiting to happen
- European global power but rivalry and conflict at home
- Assassination of Franz Ferdinand in June 28 of 1914
- alliances and nationalism
- industrialized militarism
- European empires and trade made it a global war
- Capitalism Unraveling the Great Depression
- there was overproduction, international loans, and stock speculation
- import substitution industrialization in Latin America
- rise of Hitler
- a lot of racism
- people started supporting Hitler
- Hitler did little steps in order to get people to discriminate
-Holocaust happened
- death chambers in showers
- gas vans, zykon b etc.
- Facism: form of government
- extreme nationalism
- celebration of violence and a "charismatic" leader
- it was anti democratic
- Japanese authoritarianism
- economic growth, social tension, etc
- impact of Great Depression
- government action on economy
- The Great Depression
- unraveling of the economic system in 1929
- overproduction of goods =cheaper
- a lot loans happened
-
Chapter 19
Chapter 19 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia
-in the 1800s -1914
- China's population skyrocketed
- population had grown from about 100 million in 1685 to some 430 million in 1853
-growing pressure on the land, impoverishment, starvation
- there was harsh treatments of peasants
- gangs and peasants rebellions became common
- China’s internal crisis: the Taiping Uprising
-affected much of China 1850–1864
- leader Hong Xiuquan told people that he was the younger brother of Jesus
- wanted to industrialize China
- women in China wanted more power or rights
- wanted their feet to be unbound (it was popular back than)
- men and women equal shares of land
- China and Europe's relationship changed after the Opium chaos
- first Opium War (1839-1842)
- second Opium War (1856-1858)
- Chinese government tried to act against problems
- conservative leaders feared that development would change the landlord class
- Boxer Uprising (1898–1901)
- this was when many European and Chinese christians were killed
- China and the Ottoman Empire thought that they didn't need to learn from the West, attempted defensive modernization, and suffered a split in society between modernists and ones that wanted to keep up with their traditional values
- Ottomans lost the territory to Russia, Britain, Austria, and France
- Napoleon’s 1798 invasion of Egypt was especially devastating
- Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania attained independence
- Europeans achieved direct access to Asia
- government relied on foreign loans to finance economic development efforts
- depended on Europe
- in the late 18th century, they sent ambassadors to study European methods, imported European advisers, and established schools
- Islamic modernism: accepted Western technology and science but not its materialism
- supporters of reform saw the Ottoman Empire as a secular state
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-in the 1800s -1914
- China's population skyrocketed
- population had grown from about 100 million in 1685 to some 430 million in 1853
-growing pressure on the land, impoverishment, starvation
- there was harsh treatments of peasants
- gangs and peasants rebellions became common
- China’s internal crisis: the Taiping Uprising
- leader Hong Xiuquan told people that he was the younger brother of Jesus
- wanted to industrialize China
- women in China wanted more power or rights
- wanted their feet to be unbound (it was popular back than)
- men and women equal shares of land
- China and Europe's relationship changed after the Opium chaos
- first Opium War (1839-1842)
- second Opium War (1856-1858)
- Chinese government tried to act against problems
- conservative leaders feared that development would change the landlord class
- Boxer Uprising (1898–1901)
- this was when many European and Chinese christians were killed
- China and the Ottoman Empire thought that they didn't need to learn from the West, attempted defensive modernization, and suffered a split in society between modernists and ones that wanted to keep up with their traditional values
- Ottomans lost the territory to Russia, Britain, Austria, and France
- Napoleon’s 1798 invasion of Egypt was especially devastating
- Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania attained independence
- Europeans achieved direct access to Asia
- government relied on foreign loans to finance economic development efforts
- depended on Europe
- in the late 18th century, they sent ambassadors to study European methods, imported European advisers, and established schools
- Islamic modernism: accepted Western technology and science but not its materialism
- supporters of reform saw the Ottoman Empire as a secular state
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Chapter 18 Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa
Chapter 18 Colonial Encounters in Asia and Africa
- in the 1750s to 1914
- talks about the pros and cons of colonialism and imperialism
- Industrialization gave Europe or the west, the tools in order to "dominate" the world
- There was military power through machine guns, armies (power of the people)
- Commercial power through trade agreements, banking and capitalization
- Cultural power was through language, science, literature, etc.
- in 1859, Charles Darwin published a book called The Origin of Species
- tried to explain the meaning of ancient fossils and diversity of the species, and how they evolved
- "natural selection" and "survival of the fittest" terms were born
- church leaders did not believe and said he was atheist
- scientists thought he was great for "discovering" this
- because europeans have the power they set off to "educate" the rest of the world
- Wealthy Europeans also saw benefits to foreign markets. —
- Industrialization society led to serious redistribution of wealth
- the influence abroad became symbols of great power and it became a status for a nation
- Europeans were considered advanced in the society and they used that to become even more powerful
- their opinions on other cultures dropped, (basically they were racist)
- tried to use science to "prove" that any culture that was not their own bad
- "race is everything" "if you were white you were smart"
- other races were "wild" and the Europeans thought that it was their duty to civilize them
- there was also a second wave of European conquests
- involved military forces
- tried to conquer Africa for about 25 years
- Australia and New Zealand were taken over by Europe in the 19th century
- disease reduced the number of natives by about 75%
- countries under European rule had a traumatic experience
- violence made everyone behave
- many converted to Christianity
- there was a lot of unpaid labor
- there was western pressures
-opium was involved
- realized opium was bad but it was too late
- tried to stop the opium trade
-but europeans tried to bribe the people in charge of trade
- a lot of money invested in buying opium because people were addicted
Friday, March 3, 2017
World History Midterm Q&As
Angelina and I answered the questions together to study for the midterm.
1) Describe some of the major events or ideas that defined and began the Modern era.
- The plague 1348, caused a new social order, made people more aware, and started the public works movement
- Christopher Columbus 1492 voyage, finding of the Americas, colonization, and slave trade
- Renaissance, the rebirth, It started as a cultural movement in Italy in the Late Medieval period and later spread to the rest of Europe, marked beginning of the Early Modern Age.
2) What was the Great Dying? Was this a genocide? Was it a cultural genocide?
- It is when the Europeans came to the Americas with their diseases that were foreign to the Native Americans, causing them to die rather rapidly. South America affected most because 95% of them died in the span of 30 years. The Europeans were unaware of that they carried disease and thought it was the power of God. Even so, they had to know it was them causing the death. Do to Native Americans dying out, so did their culture. The Europeans even forced them to learn Christianity and made them their slaves.
3) Why did Europeans have an advantage over native peoples when they arrived in the Americas?
- Geography: European Atlantic states were well positioned for involvement in the Americas
- Disease: most of the natives died because of disease
- Weapons/Technology: iron, gunpowder weapons, and horses gave Europeans an initial advantage over people in the Americas
4) What were the motivations of Europeans in engaging in exploration and conquest during the early Modern era?
- Spanish: South America, silver/explore, made families with Native women, work done by Native slaves
- Portugal: Brazil/Caribbean, sugar/explore, made families with Native and African women,work done by Native and then later African slaves
- British: North America, came to escape religious persecution/ to stay/African slave trade, made families with other European women and sometimes Native women (very taboo), work was done by indentured servants and then African Slaves
5) What was unique about slavery as it was practiced in the Americas? Discuss the different ways people experienced slavery in the Spanish highlands, Brazil/Caribbean, and North America, with an emphasis on the long term demographic changes that took place.
- 1st time it revolved around race
- The atlantic slave trade happened because there was too much work and too few people (maximized the productivity in north america
- Spanish: Slavery with Natives; was the most harsh 95% died within 30 years
- Portugal: Slavery with Natives and Africans, Christopher Columbus believed that Indians would serve as a slave labor force for Europeans, especially on the sugar cane plantations off the western coast of north Africa. Had the most slaves, made up like 90%
- British: Slavery with indentured servants and Africans, had about 4% life expectancy was 7 years , most died in the middle passage
6) Explain the significance of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
- Sci Rev
- Application of a human process to understand the physical world
- More interest in scientific thinking rather than basing stuff off of religion
- there was a revolutionary change in world view
- The period saw a fundamental transformation in scientific ideas across mathematics, physics, astronomy, and biology in institutions supporting scientific investigation and in the more widely held picture of the universe. The scientific revolution led to the establishment of several modern sciences.
7) Explain the significance of the French Revolution of 1789 and in what sense it was related to the North American and Haitian revolutions.
- it removed power from a small group of elite rulers and established a democratic leadership representing the French citizenry. Much like the American Revolution that shortly preceded it, the French Revolution was focused on eliminating imperial rule.
- This is was because the haiti rev because it gave hope. It should them it was possible
8) The Haitian revolution was the only successful slave revolution in history. Why was this important?
- Gave hope for other things: feminism, abolition, and nationalism.
- Gave message of equality
9) Explain what Strayer means by “echoes of Atlantic revolutions,” give examples of these, and apply this concept to a contemporary cultural artifact such as the song “Same Love” http://genius.com/Macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-same-love-lyrics .
- Everything happened in a back and forth motion
- Same Love had same message of equality
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Week 6
-The industrial revolution led to the scientific revolution
- transformed the European society
- a lot of technological advancements
- use of new energy sources like steam engines
- it was like a culture of innovation
- the greatest breakthrough was the steam engine
- it was spread from Britain to Western Europe and then to the United States, Russia, and Japan
- Why was Europe the first??
- other parts of the world had times of technological and scientific advancement
- the spread of industrial techniques was really fast
- there was contact with culturally different people
- created taxes(tariffs) to support the business people
- easy to prevent worker unions(aka strikes)
- roads and canal systems made trade easier
- rich people could do private businesses
- Scientific Revolution was different in Great Britain
- Britain had a lot of coal and iron ore
- there was a lot more output after the Industrial Revolution
- rapid development of the railroad system
- agriculture became less important and many lost their jobs
- traumatic process because there was a transformation on daily life
- the landowning aristocrats did not lose any money
- urban wealth became more important
- businessmen, bankers, and manufacturers became rich
- middle class gained the most from the industrial revolution
- some of the upper middle class became part of the aristocrats
- in the middle class was the most amount of small business owners and professionals
- middle class women were mainly house wives and stayed at home to take care of the children
- the lower middle class mainly consisted of clerks, secretaries, etc.
- 19th century, about 70% of the people in Britain were workers
- laboring class suffered the most from the industrial revolution
- they also benefited the least from the revolution
- there was also rapid urbanization
- it was very overcrowding in the cities
- it was basically every man for himself
- factories had a very different work environment
- long hours and low wages
- everyone worked from young men to old men to young women to old women
- and then a strike happened
- there started to be better working conditions and had less hours
- still a lot of inequalities
- transformed the European society
- a lot of technological advancements
- use of new energy sources like steam engines
- it was like a culture of innovation
- the greatest breakthrough was the steam engine
- it was spread from Britain to Western Europe and then to the United States, Russia, and Japan
- Why was Europe the first??
- other parts of the world had times of technological and scientific advancement
- the spread of industrial techniques was really fast
- there was contact with culturally different people
- created taxes(tariffs) to support the business people
- easy to prevent worker unions(aka strikes)
- roads and canal systems made trade easier
- rich people could do private businesses
- Scientific Revolution was different in Great Britain
- Britain had a lot of coal and iron ore
- there was a lot more output after the Industrial Revolution
- rapid development of the railroad system
- agriculture became less important and many lost their jobs
- traumatic process because there was a transformation on daily life
- the landowning aristocrats did not lose any money
- urban wealth became more important
- businessmen, bankers, and manufacturers became rich
- middle class gained the most from the industrial revolution
- some of the upper middle class became part of the aristocrats
- in the middle class was the most amount of small business owners and professionals
- middle class women were mainly house wives and stayed at home to take care of the children
- the lower middle class mainly consisted of clerks, secretaries, etc.
- 19th century, about 70% of the people in Britain were workers
- laboring class suffered the most from the industrial revolution
- they also benefited the least from the revolution
- there was also rapid urbanization
- it was very overcrowding in the cities
- it was basically every man for himself
- factories had a very different work environment
- long hours and low wages
- everyone worked from young men to old men to young women to old women
- and then a strike happened
- there started to be better working conditions and had less hours
- still a lot of inequalities
Week 5
Chapter 16
- 2010 Haitian earthquake made the living standards even worse than it already was
- Haitians drew inspiration from North American and French Revolutions
- Atlantic Slave trade because there was too much work and too little workers
- it maximized the productivity of the Americas as well as producing colonies
- New ideas of liberty, equality, and free trade
- had a huge global impact; seen in abolitionism, right to vote, constitutions, more equality for women, nationalism, and more equality
- the American Revolution was a conservative political movement
- the difference between the Britain and North American colonies was that the NA society was more egalitarian or equal than the European society
- Britain wanted to control the colonies more because they needed more money
- They needed money for the war with France
- New taxes were implemented on the colonists
- Colonists were not part of the British Parliament
- The British people told the people living in the colonies that they were not true Englishmen
- Americans thought they were creating something new
- US was considered the model race as they are today
- in the French Revolution, many of the French fought for the American revolutionaries
- French government was faced with bankruptcy
- French attempted to modernize the tax system but the higher class (rich people) did not like that because they would have to pay more
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, thus launching the French Revolution
- it was caused because rich people did not want to get taxed, the middle class did not like the aristocratic privileges, and the poor suffered from unemployment because there was not enough jobs
- French Revolution was violent
- ended slavery for a short period of time
- wanted to create a new society
- the French Revolution spread (influenced others)
-Haitian Revolution began was really violent
- slave revolt in 1791
- war between many factions
- wanted equality for all races
- was the only successful slave revolt
-gave others hope, inspired other slave rebellions
- Spanish American Revolution was from 1810 to 1825
- inspired by earlier revolutionary movements
- the society had stricter class divisions
- the whites were really outnumbered
- gaining independence took longer than in North America
- the women did not really gain anything
- Echoes of Revolution; expressed ideas of republicanism, greater social equality, and liberation from the foreign rule
- had more voting rights
- slavery around the world ended in around 1780 to 1890
- there were 3 major slave rebellions
- Nationalism was really important in the 19th century
- Feminist Beginnings is important because women gained more rights
- found more educational and work opportunities
- the movement included every class not just the elite
- by the 1900s women started getting admitted into universities
- made it possible for the women to initiate the divorce not just the man
- many argued that if the women was not at home it would cause reproductive damage
- feminism spread around Europe and the United States
- 2010 Haitian earthquake made the living standards even worse than it already was
- Haitians drew inspiration from North American and French Revolutions
- Atlantic Slave trade because there was too much work and too little workers
- it maximized the productivity of the Americas as well as producing colonies
- New ideas of liberty, equality, and free trade
- had a huge global impact; seen in abolitionism, right to vote, constitutions, more equality for women, nationalism, and more equality
- the American Revolution was a conservative political movement
- the difference between the Britain and North American colonies was that the NA society was more egalitarian or equal than the European society
- Britain wanted to control the colonies more because they needed more money
- They needed money for the war with France
- New taxes were implemented on the colonists
- Colonists were not part of the British Parliament
- The British people told the people living in the colonies that they were not true Englishmen
- Americans thought they were creating something new
- US was considered the model race as they are today
- in the French Revolution, many of the French fought for the American revolutionaries
- French government was faced with bankruptcy
- French attempted to modernize the tax system but the higher class (rich people) did not like that because they would have to pay more
- Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, thus launching the French Revolution
- it was caused because rich people did not want to get taxed, the middle class did not like the aristocratic privileges, and the poor suffered from unemployment because there was not enough jobs
- French Revolution was violent
- ended slavery for a short period of time
- wanted to create a new society
- the French Revolution spread (influenced others)
-Haitian Revolution began was really violent
- slave revolt in 1791
- war between many factions
- wanted equality for all races
- was the only successful slave revolt
-gave others hope, inspired other slave rebellions
- Spanish American Revolution was from 1810 to 1825
- inspired by earlier revolutionary movements
- the society had stricter class divisions
- the whites were really outnumbered
- gaining independence took longer than in North America
- the women did not really gain anything
- Echoes of Revolution; expressed ideas of republicanism, greater social equality, and liberation from the foreign rule
- had more voting rights
- slavery around the world ended in around 1780 to 1890
- there were 3 major slave rebellions
- Nationalism was really important in the 19th century
- Feminist Beginnings is important because women gained more rights
- found more educational and work opportunities
- the movement included every class not just the elite
- by the 1900s women started getting admitted into universities
- made it possible for the women to initiate the divorce not just the man
- many argued that if the women was not at home it would cause reproductive damage
- feminism spread around Europe and the United States
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Founder's Week Reflection (Week 4)
Last week was Founder's Week and on Thursday, instead of attending the world history II class, we took a mini tour of the school. Our tour guide was a sister named Roseanne (I'm not really sure how to spell her name). We started the tour at the beginning of the class, meeting inside the chapel. When class started, the Sister started explaining about how the stained and etched glass in the church each represented different stories and unfortunately on the day we went it was raining because the Sister had said that if we were to be there when it was sunny, it would be absolutely stunning. Because I am not religious, I never had any sort of religious background so I was shocked to hear that the stories that she told were interesting. I always thought it was boring to be learning about the history and how there is someone above you and that you had to worship Him even though you had never seen him before.
After, we headed to the St. Joes common room, the Sister told us that where the fireplace was, there were three tiles on each side of the fireplace and one of them was the symbol for the school, even though I never went into the common room, because I commute, I found it interesting that there's so much history etched into the school. If I were to not go on the tour, I would have missed so many aspects of what the school has to offer because I just go from class to class and leave when class is over.
I think it was so inspiring to listen to the different stories of each of the sisters of Notre Dame and how this school was originally in San Jose (I'm not entirely sure but I'm pretty sure it was in the Bay Area). She also told us about the different hallmarks and that was why each class was supposed to help us embrace these hallmarks and try to make ourselves a better person if we have something to live by.
After, we headed to the St. Joes common room, the Sister told us that where the fireplace was, there were three tiles on each side of the fireplace and one of them was the symbol for the school, even though I never went into the common room, because I commute, I found it interesting that there's so much history etched into the school. If I were to not go on the tour, I would have missed so many aspects of what the school has to offer because I just go from class to class and leave when class is over.
I think it was so inspiring to listen to the different stories of each of the sisters of Notre Dame and how this school was originally in San Jose (I'm not entirely sure but I'm pretty sure it was in the Bay Area). She also told us about the different hallmarks and that was why each class was supposed to help us embrace these hallmarks and try to make ourselves a better person if we have something to live by.
Week 3
Chapter 15
- Christians all across the world do missionary work in Europe and North America
- the Scientific Revolution changed the world and how people viewed it
- in the 1500s Christianity was mainly in Europe
- some Christianity floating around in Egypt, Ethiopia, southern India, and Central Asia
- the people who decided to change or convert to Christianity was what brought more people in and in a way shaped the
- were defensive against Islam
- Roman Catholic v. Eastern Orthodox (some controversy, people were taking sides)
- Martin Luther posted the Theses, asking for debate about the religious abuses happening
- Martin Luther was not the only one who criticized these views
- questioned the hierarchy, even the pope
- talked about the social tension in the society, told people to not only focus on the religious standpoints because there was so much more going on besides Christianity
- commoners liked this idea because it gave them more "power" in a way
- 1562–1598: French Wars of Religion, this was the Catholics vs. Huguenots
- 1618–1648: the Thirty Year War
- there were new religious orders
- Reformation made people skeptical and people wanted change
- people wanted to spread Christianity
- when people started to travel to spread their faith and what they believed in, others were doing the same and the explorers combined their religious interests
- missionaries were most successful in Spanish America and the Philippines
- the blending of 2 traditions were common
- Christianity reached China during the Ming and Qing dynasties
- the missionaries did not "give" much to the Chinese and were not really needed
- slaves that came to America, they brought their religons and traditions with them
- Confucian and Hindu cultures didn’t spread widely in early modern period
- Scientific Revolution came to be in the mid-sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century.
- it challenged the teachings of the religion
- figured out that Earth was not the center of the universe, it was the sun
- Scientific Revolution mainly consisted of male scientists
- many practices differed because of the Scientific Revolution proved something else and people started to think
- Christians all across the world do missionary work in Europe and North America
- the Scientific Revolution changed the world and how people viewed it
- in the 1500s Christianity was mainly in Europe
- some Christianity floating around in Egypt, Ethiopia, southern India, and Central Asia
- the people who decided to change or convert to Christianity was what brought more people in and in a way shaped the
- were defensive against Islam
- Roman Catholic v. Eastern Orthodox (some controversy, people were taking sides)
- Martin Luther posted the Theses, asking for debate about the religious abuses happening
- Martin Luther was not the only one who criticized these views
- questioned the hierarchy, even the pope
- talked about the social tension in the society, told people to not only focus on the religious standpoints because there was so much more going on besides Christianity
- commoners liked this idea because it gave them more "power" in a way
- 1562–1598: French Wars of Religion, this was the Catholics vs. Huguenots
- 1618–1648: the Thirty Year War
- there were new religious orders
- Reformation made people skeptical and people wanted change
- people wanted to spread Christianity
- when people started to travel to spread their faith and what they believed in, others were doing the same and the explorers combined their religious interests
- missionaries were most successful in Spanish America and the Philippines
- the blending of 2 traditions were common
- Christianity reached China during the Ming and Qing dynasties
- the missionaries did not "give" much to the Chinese and were not really needed
- slaves that came to America, they brought their religons and traditions with them
- Confucian and Hindu cultures didn’t spread widely in early modern period
- Scientific Revolution came to be in the mid-sixteenth century and the early eighteenth century.
- it challenged the teachings of the religion
- figured out that Earth was not the center of the universe, it was the sun
- Scientific Revolution mainly consisted of male scientists
- many practices differed because of the Scientific Revolution proved something else and people started to think
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Week 2
This week, what struck me as important and worth remembering was when the Europeans came to the new world, they had an advantage because of the geography and because of the disease that spread, killing almost all of the Natives in the process. Another main thing we learned was the Spanish South America, Brazil and the Caribbean, and North America. The Spanish, coming from Spain only came to explore. Most of the work was performed by the natives in South America because they wanted silver. Since most of the people who had come were men, they procreated had children with) Native women resulting in mixed race people. I believe the Native's did not want to be with the explorers but if they wanted their children to survive and live a better life than the rest of them, this would be for the best. Also, when the Portugal and French went to the Caribbean, they only went to explore. Initially, they had the native people working but after awhile, they got the African slaves to work for them, producing sugar. The Portuguese men had families with the native women and the African women so there was a lot of diversity. Same with the Spanish people, I feel like the slaves did not want to be with the men but if they wanted a better future for their children they would be protected from hard work and would have a higher chance of surviving. The British went to North America but they had intended to stay in the land that they had found. The people who worked were from indentured servitude. Indentured servitude was the people who wanted to go to a new land, maybe for a better future, and since they did not have enough money to go they paid with their lives and would have to work a certain number of years (would be negotiated) and then they would sign away their lives for a period of time until they worked it off. They also had African slaves which were the native people to do the work which included trading fur. The Europeans believed that having a mixed race was not good so they only had families with other European women, especially because the Europeans intended to stay, so they brought along their wives, and other women to start a new life with them. Even if the European men had a baby with the native women, they would deny it. The reason they wanted to stay was mainly because it was such a good area for trading (ie. fur trading).
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
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