World History 1010

Our school has so much history. And during founders week we all learned a bit more. And from the handout I learned about Julie and Francoise our Foundresses. I then learned the journey of the sisters and how they were able to transform two small schools to educational successes. Which later became world wide. From the reading Francoise was isolated from her parents and her siblings. She was raised by her Grandparents. She went to a boarding school at the age of six, where the teachers were nuns. Her grandparents though it was a good idea to keep her away from the social life. She often would attend summer school to avoid the social season. And by her 6th year she learned practice skills that were helpful to household needs. When she was 12 she moved to Ursuline convent in Aminens to finish school and this is when we meet Angela de Merici. She was the founder of Ursuline where she practiced purity. This is when Francoise became encouraged. Julie was raised in a small, thatched-roof ...

Science and Religion : The coming together? Protestant Reformation  -New Christianity - Catholic churches were accepted Requirement to be Catholic; Only the priest were able to read the bible. So therefore there was only the interpretation of the priest. He could be telling the people anything they wanted. Truthfully or false. But once others began to learn how to read they felt their was a slightly different interpretation. That's when Christianity broke off into their own group. -Catholic vs Christian became a thing although they are the same thing Scientific Revolution -Scientific method was developed to help people understand reality -The question then arose "How do I know what can I trust?" There were two major scientist during this period -Copernicus  he discovered that the sun is the center of the earth -Galileo made a better telescope. And Copernicus confirmed his theory -Galileo was punished by the Catholic churches. They forced him to say that his...

Atlantic Slave Trade  In the time period of 1500-1866 an  estimate of 12.5 African was took and used in human slavery. It was trade were salves were shipped across the Atlantic some in 10.7 million in America where they began they're lives as salves. 1.8 million people died along the transporting. While many others seemed to disappeared. "In the Americans, the slave trade added a substantial African presence to the mix of European and Native American people". Africans were captured, tortured, forced into labor and sold and  were spread all over. The labor and forced work from the salves gave the Europeans and Euro-American societies profit and enriched them.  The Atlantic slave trade was the most recent and largest scale of owning and trading of human beings. During this time is common and considered normal. But before the 1500's the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean were the major sources of the common slave trade, while Russia was the source to the salves. The ...

This chapter was based on long-distance trade in spices and textiles, silver and gold, beaver pelts and deerskin, slaves and sugar. But there was two different perspectives. There are many similarities from the past that reflect on our present. Yet there are many differences. In Spanish South America. The Spanish came, and they intended to relocate. The products and industries that drove the economy was silver. The Native people did the work They were classified by racially mixed groups. In Brazil Caribbean Portugal came, and they did not intend to stay they wanted to explore more. The products and industries that drove the economy was sugar. The native people did the work. In North America the British came, and they intended on staying. When they came the products and industries that drove the economy was plantations, because there was no one specific crop. The African slaves did the work. There was demographic impact were their was a slight mixing of groups.