Dhruv's Global Blog

Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of Communism

2009-05-13T07:17:00.000-07:00

Mikhail Gorbachev was a very different type of leader from the rest of the leaders who controlled USSR before him. His ideas and beliefs were very different from the ideas of Stalin, and other former leaders. Mikhail Gorbachev was tired of communism, and followed his own ideas and demonstrated what a real government should be. Russia's history was ran by totalitarian rulers. The people of Russia were also tired of the corrupted government, and its leaders.They needed someone to start reforms to make the USSR capitalist, or at least show that capitalism was a good thing. Mikhail Gorbachev along with partners, started these huge reforms called the "Glasnost" and "Perestrokia". In 1985 he announced a glasnost, this marked a turning point because churches were opened, books were published and freedom of the press rised. Perestokia was a policy that allowed people to own their own small businesses which weren't owned buy the government. This in a way marked the end of Communism, it proved that Communism wasn't affective and small businesses were needed for the success of the economy. Mikhail Gorbachev was one of the first leader who slowly removed communism from USSR. He opened up the economy and allowed for positive changes in Russia. He is one of the most important leaders for the USSR because he brought capitalism, and removed communism from USSR.

The Collapse Of Communism

2009-05-12T07:01:00.000-07:00

The communism collapse in Eastern Europe and in USSR because the Communist party leaders ruled with absolute power.They took control of farms and factories, workers did not become more prosperous as they had expected and, instead they were treated harshly and punished cruelly. The economy worsened in communist countries. Workers who were still poor were no longer motivated to work hard. Not enough products were being made, and not enough food was being grown. People could not buy the things that they needed. The situation went from bad to worse. The Berlin Wall was the big gigantic wall that seperated East Germany from West Germany. It was a political boundry between USSR and US. East Germany was part of the Warsaw Pact, and West Germany was part of the NATO. Anyone who tried to cross the wall was shot and killed.At least one hundred people were mercilessly shot at the Berlin wall.In November, 1989, demolition work began. At first, the goal was to built a road designated for private trips between the two sections of Germany. Then they decided to make several border crossings so more people could travel across. Soon, they were cutting holes for pedestrians. Some people came at the wall with rock hammers to gather souvenirs of the wall. Soon, hundreds stormed the wall with sledgehammers and attacked the graffiti-coated structure. After the collapse of communism the Soviet Union split up into many other countries. The Soviet Union was in economic recession because they lost alot of money during the space race. The Soviet Union. split up to many different countries. It become a Democratic Nation as well as all of the other parts that split up. They even changed the red hammer and it became the original flag with with three stripes. That was the collapse of communism and the Soviet Union, and the US won the cold war.

Nelson Mendela and Apartheid

2009-05-05T07:02:00.000-07:00

Apartheid was a racial-segregation policy. It divided the black, mixed and Indian natives from the white. It ran from 1948 to 1994. Nelson Mandela was a man who wanted to abolish the apartheid, and was tired of apartheid policy. Nelson Mandela fought for Africa to gain unity and liberty. Throughout his life he fought for the people of Africa, and used civil disobedience just like (Mahatma Gandhi) to beat the Europeans. His constant plea and struggles for freedom, lead him to jail for 27 years. After being in jail for 27 yrs for his native people, allowed him to become stronger and wiser creating journals and books of idea for his people and the path to independence. He gained trust of his people and was elected to be the president of South Africa. That was the first time ever where free elections were held. Since South Africa had more population of african american people, they supported Nelson Mandela, and voted him to be the president. He is admired by thousands of books and sites because he is among those people who can give up his life for thousands. He is also famous because he did not give up serving for his country even after being punished for 27 years He is also a hero because used peaceful means to achieve his goals for his country. He is also amongst one of those individiual who lives for others, and his country.

African Independence

2009-05-04T07:24:00.000-07:00

African Independence was a period when African colonies gained its independence from the European countries. During the mid 1950's the continent of Africa was being ruled by European countries, because the Europeans wanted the natural resources that were stored in Africa. After 20 years Africa was a whole different continent, because the colonies gained independence from the Europeans and went on to become independence countries. It was easy for the African countries because the European countries were weakened after WWII. The Europeans did not want to deal with their colonies, because it was very expensive to run colonies when countries are far away. They wanted to express their traditions, Europe was ready to let go of Africa after WWII. Many Africans became well educated. Creating a middle class and following the independence of many other nations. People were sparked by outsiders to make sure Europeans were wiped out of Africa.Africa had many leaders because there were so many provinces. These leaders were inspired by African-American leaders.They had Leopold Senghor, who leaded Sengal and later became president. Kwame Nkrumah became Ghana's first prime minister. Marcus Garvey was jamaican born, but his goal was to lead Europeans out of Africa and have Africa ruled by Africans. Jomo Kenyatta led Kenya through a harsh independence. And many others.

Cuban Missile Crisis(Extra Credit)

2009-04-21T12:25:00.001-07:00

The Cuban Missile Crisis was the nuclear weapons that USSR Installed in Cuba. Cuba was a communist country just like USSR, and was USSR's allied friend.Soviet Union only had missiles that could reach to Europe, but they needed to come up with an strategy make the missile go to America. So USSR decided to install the missiles in Cuba, which is just 90 miles far from the coast of Florida, America.After seeing the pictures of the Cuban missiles the U.S got worried. John F. Kennedy took the time to tell the USSR to remove their missiles.He also told them that he built a blockade around the country. After seeing no change, Kennedy was ready to order the navy to attack, but the USSR came up with a deal to stop the attack. If the U.S. would leave Cuba alone, then Russia would take out all its missiles in Cuba.This is why this point in the Cold War is called the hottest point. Throughout the Cold War no one fought physically, but this was the point where two of the Super Powers of World were about to fight which made this the hottest point of the Cold War.

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

2009-04-08T07:11:00.000-07:00

The U.S and the USSR were competing to be the first one to break the sound barrier.Their mission was to break the sound barrier by using a small rocket-powered test plane called the X-1. The USSR send a satellite into space which led to the US breaking the sound barrier. Later on the US realized that the USSR has rocket.The U.S felt embarrassed, and so they were looking for the best pilots to go to space. The pilots have to be in best physical shape, and have to be very healthy, and also smart.The U.S did so many tests on the rockets but they were unsuccessful. After many faliures they accomplioshed, and the rocket was successful.However we send monkeys for our first trial, and the USSR sent people.The US wanted to build a rocket that will be faster than Soviet Union. The USSR were winning the competition because they were the first one to send the rocket, and a statelite called sputnik, which also made U.S mad and jealous.The scene from the film that will help me remember the Cold War is the testing that they were doing on the pilots, because the training is very hard, and only likmited amount of people get selected to be the astronaut.

NATO and The Warsaw Pact

2009-04-06T07:14:00.000-07:00

NATO stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949. It was created to prevent USSR to spread communism. The Warsaw Pact was when the Soviet Union institutionalized its East European alliance system when it gathered together representatives from Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Romania in Warsaw to sign the multilateral Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, which was identical to their existing bilateral treaties with the Soviet Union. It was pact of communist countries, just like the NATO which was for the Democratic government. Countries that were in NATO were Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, & United States. These are the 26 countries that are currently in the NATO, and on the Warsaw pact the countries were Soviet Union, Albania (until 1968) , Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany (until 1990), Hungary, Poland, and Romania. These were the two groups created as a defensive system. If one group attacks another group all of the countries envolved in the groups would declare war on each other. It was like friends protecting their friends, or we can say gangs. Gangs protect their gang members from their common enemies.

Film Lesson: Schindler's List

2009-03-27T07:09:00.000-07:00

The movie Schindler's List illustrates Holocaust as a horrifying, and terrible event. The jews were kicked out of their houses, and were sent to live in the ghettos. The ghettos did not work for the Nazi's, but later on they decided to build concentration camps where all the jews would be killed. After the failure of Ghettos they build Auschwitz. Thats where all the jews were sent, and killed. Jews were seperated based on their health, sex, and physical fitness. Childrens were seperated form their parents. Some childrens managed to stay with their mothers because they would hide in places where the Nazi officers can't find them. Some would hide in the gutter underneath the toilet.Childrens were also killed.The jews that they did not kill were the ones who were able to work, and were on Schindler's List. Schindler was a bussiness man who owned a factory that made weapons for the German army. He needed workers that work for him, so he decided to choose jewish people who can work for him. He protected his workers, because he needed them to work for him. The scene that was most powerful to me was when the Nazi officer saw the women hiding her child from him, and trying to save her by taking her in the train along with her. The officer violently took the girl away from her mother, and seperated the mother and the daughter. It was most powerful scene because it reminded me of my mother, and i also felt the pain of being seperated from my mother. The image that will stay in my mind from the film is when the boy jumps into the gutter from the toilet. He also found many other kids of his age hiding inside the same gutter. It was the most stinking, and disgusting image from the whole movie.

Night And Fog

2009-03-26T06:55:00.000-07:00

The reaction of the documentary fil "Night And Fog" is very shocking. The brutal, and horrifying scenes of the movie was the dead bodies laying on the ground waiting for it to be burried under the ground.I found the film to be very powerfull, because it was really devistating to see people dying from starvation, and suffering from pain. There were horrible living conditions in the camps. They were taking all the jews and putting them into camps, and taking their valubles from them. They were either killed as soon as they got to the camps or they were chosen to do the work. Some were send to the hospital to do experiments, and some were send to prison where they cannot sit down or stand up because its very small. They shaved women's hair to make coats out of their hair. In the movie they showed ovens, crematoriums, and the gas chambers where the jews were horribly killed alive.There were 3 million jews killed at the "killing factory"(Auschwitz). In both the movie, and the documentary (Schindler's List, and Night and Fog) they showed the scene where dead bodies of jewish droped into the ground by a bulldozer. The movie that showed Holocaust more effectively is the documenatry, because its shows footages that were recorded during the Holocaust, for example they showed the dead bodies, the jewish people in the bunk beds, and also the ashes of the jews after being burned alive in the ovens. Also in the movie they copied some of the scenes from the documentary.

The Treaty of Versailles (ended WW I)

2009-02-24T07:07:00.000-08:00

The treaty of Versailles affected Germany in negetive way. Germany was blamed for the entire war, and was forced to pay the compensation to the allies. The Germans lost 10% of their land, overseas colonies were taken away which means that they no longer have access to the Spice island. They also lost 12.5% of their population. Basically Germany had no money to recover from this.Germany was under control by the other European countries, and had rules that Germany cannot break. Germany had limited army 100,000 men is the limit. Their overseas possesions were taken by the european countries.Coal minning area were controlled by France.Germany had to pay goods(money, gold) to the allies as a reparations.Also Germany would take the responsiblity or the guilt of the war.I think the treaty was not fair, because not only Germany was involved in the war, but Austria-Hungary was involved in the war along with Germany.Its not just fair to blame only one country for the cost of the war.They blamed Germany for the war cause Germany lost the war, and became weak after losing the war. Germany was very weak that time, and they needed strong leader like Hitler to get them back on track.They felt that Hitler would make Germany strong, and he will recover all the territory that has been lost.They had no other hopes, but to trust Adolph Hitler. Adolph Hitler created hopes in the mind of German people and so they trusted him.

Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

2009-02-11T07:11:00.001-08:00

Mustafa Kemal modernized Turkey by adopting the European ideas. Aturk believed that traditional way of running Muslim countries outlived itself, and that Turkey's chances of surviving the future as well as gaining new strenth would only be gained by adopting principles from the European countries, which at that time had outdistanced Turkey in all fields. He introduced a political system that took many elements from Western system. He wanted turkish people abolish the fez(the hat that Turkish people wore). He wanted the Turkish people to wear shirt, pants, and ties(European dress code), and get rid of the robes that they used to wear. What Mustafa Kemal wanted as a modern turkey was defined from 6 principles nationalism, Republicanism, Populism, Statism, Secularism, and Revolutionism.Basically Mustafa Kemal wanted to modernize Turkey, and make it more in the present time so they won't fall back from the other European countries. Mustafa Kemal was like the emperor of Japan who wanted to modernized Japan during the Meiji Restoration, and Mustafa Kemal wants to modernize Turkey.However Mustafa Kemal made Turkey secular. Secular means that its non-religious, or rejects religion and religious considerations . The women stopped wearing the veil, and he replaced the Islamic calendar for the western calendar.

Film Lesson - "Gandhi"

2009-02-10T06:59:00.000-08:00

To gain independencce from the British, Gandhi used civil-disobediance to get rid of British people. He did not want to use violence against the British because they knew that they will not be able to defeat the British using violence, because they were not strong enough to face them.So civil-disobediance was the only weapon to fight back. Also using these strategies will make the British look bad.Some of the things that Gandhi did was, he encouraged the indian people to make their own clothes, and not buy the clothes made by Britian.Also he wanted indian people not to buy salt, and get salt from the ocean,because the British were charging tax on salt. Also he felt that they should take salt from the ocean because the ocean was on indian land so they have the right to take the salt from the ocean.He never raised his hand against British, because if he used violence then it will make the indian people look bad. If they take the pain and stay quiet then it will make the British look bad.One of his famous quote was "An Eye For An Eye leaves The Whole World Blind".India's independence was not all about Gandhi,but there were other events that were going on during the that time which helped India gain its independence from Britain. One of the event that was going on at that time was WWII. The British were involved in WWII and because of the war the British became weaker because they lost alot of money, and soldiers. They were annoyed of the Indian people and did not want to deal with them any more.Then finally India gained its independence from British, and kicked the British, out of Indian land.Not all of Ghandi's dreams came true, Ghandhi wanted Hindus-and the muslims to live togather in peace, and not have seperate lands, but eventually the muslims were seperated, and another country was formed, which was Pakistan. After India got its independence Ghandhi was ironically killed by an Hindu indian extermist named Nathu Raam Godse.

Russian Revolution

2009-01-09T06:46:00.000-08:00

The Russians had a revolution mainly because of the gulf between the peasents who were former serfs and the land owners. They lost WWI.They lost the war against Germany, and there was starvation in the country. Thepeasants also felt that the czar should not pay attention on war, but should take care of their needs, and the economy was really bad.The major cause of the revolution was the Peasants getting mad at the czar cause he was not taking care of their needs. Also the government never recovered from their past. They lost their money in war, and never really recoverwed from it and it kept getting worse. They didnt have technology that will contribute to the war, and let them end up getting victory. They lost thousands of their young soldiers.Another reason was that the Russians didnt have industrial revolution.The peasants wanted to throw out the old government, and wanted to approach towards Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. They wanted a communist country which they eventually did for 75 years.During the revolution the czar was Nicholas II who was not a bright man, and an ideal leader that will be appropriate to run a country.Lennin was the leader of the Bolsheviks communist party. Lennin promised the russian people "Peace, Land, and Bread".

Causes of WW I

2009-01-07T06:46:00.000-08:00

Major cause of WWI were Nationalism, Militarism, Assassination of Frans Ferdinand and the collapse of the alliance system. Nationalism was one of the main reason for WWI because nationalism led to competetion between nations. Also the people of one country feels that they are better then the other.This was one of the reason why the countries fight each other.Another cause of WWI was Militarialism because the countries were creating large armies. The countries wanted a good army then the other countries. They also increased their military, and naval forces.They felt that if they have strong army they can defend themselves from other countries. After seeing the other country with a strong army Germany also wanted a stronger army then Great Britain. Also another cause of WWI was the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinan. He was the crown Prince of the Austrian Empire. He was killed by the Serbians, because they wanted to be independent country which today is known as Yogoslovia. His assasination was a major cause of WWI. Fourth cause of WWI was the Alliance.Their were two alliances, they were the triple alliance and the triple entente. The triple alliance consisted of the countries of, Italy, Germany, Austria and Hungary. The triple entente was Russia, France, and Britain.

The Opium Wars

2008-12-10T06:43:00.000-08:00

During the opium wars England, and other European countries wanted to get the Tea from the Chinese. The Chinese did not want to trade with them because they were isolated from the rest of the world.China was a self-sufficient country and the Chinese did not want or need anything from Great Britain or any other foreign countries.When the British couldn't find any other products to trade with China they decide to mix opium with tobbaco to promote opium smoking.The British were sucsesssul, and sold nearly 2 million pound of opium in to China each year.Because of Opium large amount of Chinese population weakened. Almost 10% of Chinese people were smoking opium.When the government discovered the opium trade they set laws and illegalized the sell of opium in terms of smoking. However, it can be used for treatments. The punishment for selling opium would be banishment, or execution. However that did not stop the British from selling the highly addictive drug, because the government addiction were corrupted, and accepted bribes from the British.The war was called the Opium war because the British wanted to keep selling opium to China, but the Chinese didnt want British to keep selling opium because it weakened their population, and more and more people were dieing.Basically the Chinese wanted out, and the British wanted in. The British won the war, and they made the Chinese sign the treaty.

"Mountains of the Moon"

2008-12-03T06:41:00.000-08:00

Some of the hardship that the Europeans faced as they explored Africa were from the people in the village that lived there. They never saw white men. They were very surprised and started to touch them, feel their hair, and looked at the clothes that they wore. They never saw anyone wearing clothes like the European explorers wore. Also the African people felt threatened and attacked the Europeans with arrows, and spears. They attack one of the European explorer Richard Burton who got an arrow struck through his mouth. The Africans that the Europeans hired, betrayed the Europeans by stealing there things, and runnig away at night. Its so strange that the third largest lake in the world is named after the British queen, because it should be named by the African people, not the visitors who claims that they "discovered" the lake. There were people already living there, and they should give the lake african name. It was also strange that when they took over Africa, they created borders, and named the countries which is not fair because its not their country. The primary advantage that the Europeans had over the Africans is that they were very advance in technology. They were civilized, they had government, and had nice clothes. The Africans were very far back in technology then Europeans. They hunt for food, lived in tribes, and did not have good clothes. Also the Europeans had gun powder, and guns. These advantages made easy for the Europeans to take over the continent of Africa. While Africans had arrows, and spears, the Europeans had guns, and gun powder. The Europeans wanted to take over Africa because they wanted to get their hands on spices, and all the valubles that they can get in Africa, and not in Europe.

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

2008-11-26T06:43:00.000-08:00

Matthew Perry "bullied" the Japanese into signing a trade treaty by impressing them with technologies.The Japanese were very impressed with the steam ships that the Matthew Perry had, and realized that they were no way near America in technology. They were amazed by the movement of the ships without sails. It allowed the Japanese and the Americans to sign a treaty that opened up two ports.The Americans scared the Japanese with their military might, because they felt that they were weak after they saw the Americans with new technology.Its almost like as if the Americans forced the Japanese to sign the treaty.The economy change dramatically when Japan started to sign traties with other countries like America, and Europe. They traded and got money, and also the economy went up. Now its almost like they opened up the doors of a room that had been locked for years, and found treasure. Before they were isolated and did not have anything to do besides their people.After the Japanese saw that they were far behind in technology they started to adopt the western ways. They send students to Europe, and American to study the western ways so they can asopt it.After the Meiji Restoration Japan had a highly centralized, bureaucratic government,a highly educated population free of feudal class restrictions, a powerful army and navy, and an established and rapidly growing industrial sector based on the latest technology. Japan is an archeopelago because it is a series of chains of islands.Most of our technology present days come from Japan.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

2008-11-06T06:51:00.000-08:00

Karl Marx felt that the Industrial Revolution was unsafe, and very harsh for the factory workers,and childrens.He felt that the workers should own the factories rather then the landlords.He thought that workers of worldwide should unite for revolution.Karl Marx hated the Industrial Revolution because of the unfair and very harsh treatment to the factory workers, and child labor.He felt that it was strictly unfair for rich to get richer and poor to get poorer.He observe what was going on during the revolution, and it inspire him to come up with a new form of government called communism.Under communism no one is rich or poor, everyone shares the same class of living. Everybody is treated equally, no ownership of private property, and everybody is paid the same amount of wage.This form of government was for the workers, rather then the landlords.

Karl Marx and Communism

2008-11-06T06:37:00.000-08:00

Communism is the control of goods and services through a government that produces only to serve the people. It is total equality. Communism is abolition of private property, meaning that resources such as minerals, coal, oil, and production (factories, plants, refineries, ) are owned in common by the people.This form of government is for common, and working class, its not for people like Bill Gates, and Donald Trump.Everything in this form of government is equal everyone gets paid same amount of money under communism.Karl Marx wanted communism to be worldwide because Marx hated the Industrial Revolution, he wanted Communism to be world wide, because this way not only the people of England would have what he thought were equal rights, but everyone else world wide would be able to enjoy what he thought was the best way of life. Marx was truly a man, who was for the people, he always thought in the best interest of the people even though it meant putting in place a system which is so controversial as communism is.He was for the people working in factories, and barley surviving with limited amount of money.Karl Marx saw the working people and the factory workersas the "good guys" because in his eyes they were the victims of capitalism, and the rich people like factory owners took adventage of the poor people, so Marx viewed them as the "bad guys".

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

2008-10-16T06:42:00.003-07:00

Nationalism is devotion and loyalty to ones nation.Also shows loves its nation and can do anything for its country.Just like George Washington and what he did for our country.I am nationalistic of two nations, India, and United States Of America.I celebrate 4 of july, and also 14 August which is Indian independence day.I go to parades for both countries.I say the Pledge Of Aliigence at school, and i also have a Indian flag in my room hanging on the wall.

Italy was a part of Austria-Hungary empire, and it was being ruled by them.When other countries in Europe started to declare war for independence, Italy was influenced by them and decided to do the samething to gain independence. They had riots all over Italy and it triggered many other riots.They soon created their own nation and named it Italy, and created their own government, rules, and flag. As you can see Italy used Nationalism to gain independence.

Before Napolean came into power and took over the governmaent there were no definate borderss, but there were only small kingdoms who were ruled by kings. The people of the kingdoms were devoted and loyal to their kings, and nobles, because there was no such thing as countries. So thanks to Napolean who created definate borders of European countries, and afterwards countries started to follow the same idea.

Before Italy became Italy, Italy was part of the Austria-Hungary empire.It was a city-state.It became Italy because the people were heavily impact with the nationalism. They saw what was going around them and decided to do the same thing to gain independece from Austria-Hungary empire.

Nationalism and the Creation of Italy

2008-10-16T06:42:00.001-07:00

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolutions

2008-10-10T06:40:00.000-07:00

Simon Bolivar is a very famous hero in South America,just like how Geroge Washington is for United States.He liberate all the northern South American countries. The country of Bolivia was named after him for fighting against the Spain and succsesfully gained victory from Spain and also because There is a country named after Bolivar because he and some help were the one's to fight for the independence of most of South America.The Spanish were defeated in 1824 and Bolivia got its independence in 1825.However he also freed many other South American countries from Spain, such as Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and VenezuelaHe also became the president of Peru. He was named the "El Liberator".Bolivar was influenced by the Scottish,French and the Greek enlightment.

Robespierre and The Reign of Terror

2008-09-23T06:41:00.000-07:00

After the revolution everyone expected democarcy, but it turned out to be very opposite. The King, queen, and the nobles lost almost all of the power. The middle class, and the peasants were running the country.But not very long, because a man name Maximilien Robespierre took control over the government.He tried to remove any thing that had to do with the old monarchyHowever after the revolution the changes not only took place in the government but changes in calendar were made also along with the government. The months of the year were renamed, and sundays were removed from it. The revolutionaries thought that the religion is old fashioned. Lot of churches were closed down in Paris.

Robespierre ruled France like a dictator. During his time of rule the time period was called the Reign Of Terror. So many people were executed by the government.No one felt safe during that time, even the people in the government.He killed the King of France Louis XVI. He even killed the queen Marie Antoinette.As mentioned before the people in the government did not fell safe,because they thought that their head would be next to be chopped off.So a conspiracy was planned against Robespierre,he was arrested, and his head was chopped off.After he was executed the Regin of Terror was over, and there was stability in the France government.

The French Revolution

2008-09-22T06:43:00.000-07:00

1. They were charging lot of taxes on the peasants. The taxes that they pay goes the king, and the nobles who spend it for their good. All the money goes towards the benefit of the higer class people. The lower and the middle class people just had enough to survive, whatever left over goes to the higher class.
2. They would be grumbling about their unfair treatment that they recieved from the nobles, and the king. They worked all day on the land and whatever amount of limited money they get goes to the nobles, and kings. So they basically worked for the higher class people.
3.The cartoon shows that the peasant is taking the burden of the king, and the noble sitting on his back,also refers to peasants working all day on the land and paying taxes that goes to nobles, and kings for their royalty.
4.The peasant is complaining about all the things that he have to give to the king, plus the tax. He has to give grains, and oats to them also. It is the same idea in today's everyday life. We work and some portion of our earnings goes to the government for the country. The differnce back then was that the money would go to the higher class.
5.They felt that they had no rights over anything, they had to do what the higher class rich people say they had no choice. They felt over powered, and felt like animals who were just born to work all day, and had just limited amounted of food left over for them.
6.The people that would be most influential to his belifs and ideass are the peasants, because he wrote that everyone would get to choose their own leader, had rights in the government, everyone would be treated equally, and everyone had to pay taxes, not only them.
7.The people who banned this were the rich higer class, nobles, and the kings, because if this takes place now they would have to pay tax, they would have to work the land and they would have to plant their own crops.

John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

2008-09-18T06:37:00.000-07:00

John Locke was one of the famous enlightment thinkers. Thomas Jefferson was heavily influenced by John Locke when he wrote the U.S. constitution. He influenced modern democracy also which is a form of government in many countries. The rights that Jefferson is talking about is that all men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. According to Declaration of Independence th government obtain its power from people.

In any form of democracy the government gets its power from people. People are the government, and every american citizen has a right to vote, and chose their own leader. If they dont like the leader they can run themselve or choose someone else. This is because when the thirteen colonies were being ruled by the British king they did not have a representation in their government, however, the Americans were forced to pay taxes. The Americans did not want another King like British had, so they wanted their government to opposite of British. In Britain only the king rules, but the americans did not want that so they wanted democracy, so every person can have a representation in the government.

Copernicus and the trial of Galileo

2008-09-12T06:40:00.000-07:00

Heleocentrism is the theory that the sun is at the center of the solar system. Earth is one of the number planets that is orbiting the sun. Nicolas Copernicus stated the theory based on little evidence that he had to support his claims. This theory was not proven by physics, and math beacsue math was not very advanced to prove the theory right or wrong, however in the seventheenth century development of algebra, trigonometry, and physics was gradually advancing.Geocentric opposed the theory of heleocentrism.

Geocentric is the theory that states that the earth is in the middle of the universe, and the objects go around it. The ancient Greeks believe this theory very commonly. Great philosophers like Aristotle, and Ptolemy accepted the theory. Also ancient China believed that the earth was in the middle of the universe. They believed that the sun, other planets, and stars that are visible with naked eyes are surrounding the earth.The Geocentric theory came before the heleocentricsm.

Galileo was trialed because he collided with the Roman Catholic church.Galileo's world of science and humanism collides with the world of Scholasticism and absolutism that held power in the Catholic Church.Gallileo belived in helocentricsm.His belief oppose the Roman catholic church. That was the end of Gallileo, and he was killed.

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

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The scientific method is a series of steps that are follow in an experiment to solve a promblem,or to get to a solution. The scientist back then and now used and uses this method for their experiments. The first step in a Scientific Method is the Problem. Problem is the question or the main idea that you are trying to solve. After the Problem comes the hypothesis, hypothesis is an educated guess based on your knowledge of the topic. Sometime at the conclusion of your project your hypothesis can be proven wrong, or it can be correct.

The other steps for the Scientific Method are the Experiment, Data, and the conclusion. The Experiment is the test that you do to see if your hypothesis is correct or incorrect. Within the Experiment there is also one important step that you need is the Data. Data is the information that you take while doing your experiment to have a proof for your experiment. The last and the final step is the conclusion. Conclusion is the result of your experiment.

For example I would want to measure how tall the building i live in is? I would first form a hypothesis based on my knowledge and take an educated guess of how tall my building is. Then i would actually conduct an experiment by masuring the building from top to bottom three times. Then i would write down my data. Finally i would check and see if my hypothesis was correct or incorrect, and see my conclusion.

Evolution vs. Creation

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The theory of Darwin's evolution states that life came from non-life. It is also stated that fishes are related to bannanas. He also stated that these changes occur during a long period of time, not just days, months or couple of years, it takes many years to changes to occur. For example they say that humans come from monkeys. We came from changes(evolution) that occured in monkeys. In Darwin's theory it is also stated that the traits that are in humans will be passed on to the offspring.

Majority of the people say that humans came from creations of god. They believe that god ios the creator of the universe, adn he is the one who created us(humans). Religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism believe in god or gods. They all believe that god was the created of everything that is here.

I also believe that everything that is on the universe was created by god. I am also religious, and i believe in god, and that he was the creater of the universe. However i also believe that it is possible that we came from monkeys because it is proven by scientists, but i still believe in god more then any kind of scientists or proof.