Margo said 1/22...

okay its my first time,(obviously) but im gona try and do a good job here.
so today Mrs. separ split us into the same groups as yesterday where we read documents about the effect of the industrial revolution. i would go into detail about yesterdays discussion but there was none. so... today we we started off by talking about cotton and how britian main source of it was the U.S. and India. later. because there was little profit, great Britain taxed than banned Indian cotton. then we talked about the documents im going to do it as if each line is a bullet point

Living conditions
there were more women working in factors
the factory owners preffered women because they did the same work as men for half the pay
because the women worked the domestic jobs were pushed to the side and children worked too
the role of women became an issue as the issue of who does the domestic jobs came forward

pollution
there were dirty, overpopulated city's
increased tenement housing without plumbing meant more waste in the streets
closer housing meant quicker spread of disease
it is where the idea of slums came from

common problems
people worked but didn't get enough to sustain their familys
almost all attempts at strike resulted in pay cuts
there was no workmans comp
worked 15-16 hours with only a 30 min break for each meal
work was very dangerous

improvements during the I.R.
later they made unions for factory workers
there was constantly better technology
the capacity of steam engines increased
life expectancy increased
there was more medicine and hospitals

other important information
as the middle class got better the lower class got worse
while life expectancy went up in Japan Russia the us and Britain it stayed the same in Africa and Asia
there is more exports from the us and gb to non-industrialised countries
britian takes over india because it is easier than paying for their natural resources
there are ,later, benefiets for workers like workmens comp
there were public health billes that specified the need for like and clean water and streets
there were vaccines that were required
there were more rail roads as the need for them arose
also the telegraph was used making comunication easier and faster
while earlier poor farmers could use wealthy mens land the enclosure acts stopped it
the people learned crop rotation
there was new farming technology
the government suported the revolution so the advancements in technology science and medicine were huge

thats about the gist of it
the next to blog will be alex please unless he already went im not to sure of all the names yet

Jaime said 1/19...

Today we started class by handing in our comparative essays about the revolutions. After that, Mrs. Separ gave us all a white board, an eraser and a marker. We used these to answer questions about the reading that was due about the Monroe Doctrine. We discussed that the Spanish were trying to gain back control of Latin American countries that had already gained their Independence, which threatened the US and Great Britain. The US did not want the Spanish too close to them, and they supported all the revolutions in Latin America except for the Haitian Revolution because it lead to the abolition of slavery in Haiti, and they didn't want any ideas of freedom spreading to American Slaves. The British wanted to make an alliance with the United States to warn other European powers not to try and re-colonize, because they wanted to maintain their power and control of trade. James Monroe was fine with this, but Vice President John Quincey Adams didn't like this at all because it would limit the power of the US and it would mean that the Americans would owe something to the British. However, he knew that if it really came down to it, the British would back the US because they wouldn't want Spain to get more powerful. The Monroe Doctrine states that the Western Hemisphere is closed to all European nations, that there is to be no more colonization in the Americas, and that if European countries choose to ignore these requests, then the US will have no choice but to go to war and aid the Latin American nations in remaining free. It also adds that the US will remain neutral in European affairs. Though they make this statement, the United States really doesn't have any backing on it, because they aren't that strong yet. But once again they know that the British will back them up. In the middle of this discussion, David ran to the garbage can and threw up. Mrs. Separ cheered for him because he made it to the garbage can so there was no mess. After he left the room, Mrs. Separ sprayed the room with lysol and we talked about it for a while. Everybody was pretty shocked, because it was kind of random. For tomorrow we have to answer questions on the blog and complete a worksheet.

The next person to go will be Margo.

Homework 1/19/10

Tonight's homework 1/19/10

1. Google Modern History Sourcebook
2. Click on first link
3. Once on the webpage go to left-hand side and click Industrial Revolution.
4. Scroll down to social and political effects
5. Read Women Miners in English coal pits
6. Read Lowell Mill Girls

****Write a summary for each reading. What insights does it give us to the Industrial Revolution.

Hayley said...1/15

> It's sooo unfair that I have to do this on a Friday, but I'll
> suck it up and here is what we did today in class or at least
> what I wrote down in my notes:
>
> It all started when the ceiling started to leak and then after
> that then we talked about history, the reason we were all there:
> The king and queen's power was weakening in Spain so the
> colonies started to rebel while they were distracted
> The creoles (the lower white class that still had power but not
> a lot) out numbered the pensolares (the upper class in the colonies)
> The revolution in Latin America first started out to be about
> the creoles wanting to take the pensolares out of power and they
> wanted to be equal to them (economic rights and power)
> Then we watched an intersting cartoon with two really creapy
> looking kids in it who came in 3rd place at their science fair
> and then went back in time to Latin America:
> The kids come across the King Ferdinand and Bolivar in 1799
> compeating in a tennis contest: Bolivar wins and the King is mad
> Bolivar then tells the kids he's mad at how the king treats the
> coloniesThey organize a rebellion at Bolivar's house
> ~the soldiers would never suspect Bolivar
> to be unhappy with things because he
> was in a high power, owned land and was rich.
> Then the rebellion goes first to Venezuela, Columbia (which is
> where they fall down a purple mountain), Peru, Ecuador, Boiliva,
> and lastly Panama
> Bolivar's goal from the get go was to unite and form one Latin America
> ~they name a country after Bolivar
> No body agrees with this view and they break out into a food
> fight (aka civil war)
> Bolivar belives he is a failure amd dies in exile from his own
> personal choice
> Toussaint and Bolivar were painted like Napolean and were
> painted on horses climbing rocks(even though Napolean was really
> on an ass)
> Then we looked at the Spain articles and then lastly the Mexico
> articles Spain article is Bolivar's pep talk to the
> colonies, more specifically only, the creoles:
> They are a mixed people with a common conflict (trying to figure
> out who exactly they represent Spain, their heritage, or the
> colonies, where they live)
> They are restricted by the Spanish crown
> Bolivar is shocked that the United States Government is able to
> manage their peoples for so long and that type of government was
> not for Latin America (not ready for a democracy)
> Which is not really and enlightened way of thinking because it's
> not total equality for all of the peoples
>
> Mexican Constitution of 1824 was written by the creoles:
> Article 3 - they are restricting what religion the Mexicans can
> practiceArticle 50- they are giving the peoples freedom of press
> (irony!)Father Hidalgo organizes the peseant revolt (different
> from Bolivar because it was a lower class rebellion)
> Their revolt was, from the start, about gaining their
> independence (eco. and social welfare)
> 1820- Mexico gains independence
> 1821- Emperor is in charge (which was not what they wanted to happen)
> 1822- Establish a republic that was run by the Creoles (oh no!)
> 1824- Constitution republic sets up
> Then FINALLY as we were leaving Mrs. Separ asked us who out of
> the three rulers we talked about was the most enlightened and
> most of the class agreed that it was Toussaint. Okay the next
> person to suffer this fate is Jamie. :]

Brian said 1/13....

Haitian Revolution
The island of Haiti was originally called St. Domingue and became a French Colony. The colony was the richest colony in the world before 1789 as a result of large sugar production and then secondly also producing coffee. Haiti was only allowed to trade with France and so this further helped France’s economy in developing. There were 5 main social classes consisting of the slaves, free blacks, mulatos (mix of White and Black), poorer whites and white wealthy land owners. There was a system of laws that were supposed to protect slaves to some extent however they didn’t help much and the slaves still wished for equality. Some of these laws were against cruel punishment and arbitrary punishment (hurting a slave, or anyone, for the sake of hurting them). By the late 1700’s Haitian society was split between wealth and race.
Rich Whites were originally the ones to support the French Revolution because they wished to break away from France and become independent. If Haiti became its own country than they would control most of their trade, under France 50% of their crops went straight to the French Government. As time progressed the other classes began to support the Revolution for equality/ political rights which gave a chance for true freedom from slavery.

Toussaint
He was a freed slave who had been educated by his master and wished to abolish slavery in Haiti. The goal of becoming independent from France was only second to that of his main desire. From 1790-1793 there was a lot of chaos in Haiti, and in 1793 slavery was abolished.
In 1799 Toussaint gained control of the entire Island and ran it as a military dictatorship. Haiti is still not independent of France but the French revolution is taking place so Haiti is not “being watched” too intently.
As a result of Toussaint gaining a lot of power Napoleon Bonaparte became fearful, and invaded Haiti in 1802, arresting Toussaint who later died back in France.

1804-Haiti becomes independent
1825-Haiti collapses and becomes a disaster/ chaotic up to and including modern 2010.
2010-Earthquake in Haiti. With little or no government and wealth it will be very difficult for the island to restore itself.

Cahiers-French for demands.
In 1789 the Haiti Chahiers was created listing what they wanting similar to the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen.
Also in 1798 was the Estates General Meeting which the leaders of Haiti attended and voiced their concerns. They were basically ignored and not even listened to, showing that France was still the Mother Country and Haiti just a colony.
1803-Preliminary Declaration of the Haitian Revolution- Haitian ideas of the Enlightenment for independent Haiti.

Tomorrow we will be creating our schedules for guidance during our WHAP class. The Modern Day Haiti Homework is due Friday. You are only allowed to use one article about the earthquake. The History of Simon Bolivar reading and questions is also due Friday. The Monroe Doctrine and questions are due Tuesday. Make sure that you read it and compete it somewhat close to Tuesday because we require it for class and need it fresh in our minds. No school Monday! The next blogger is Hayley!

Romina said 1/11...

Hi Ms. Separ this is my first time writing a blog, so I will try my best to do it right. Today in class we learned more about Napoleon and how he was defeated by the other nations. On December 1812 he returned to Paris from Russia. On January 1814 the Anti French Collision enters France and Paris falls in March 1814. After that Napoleon abdicates the throne and Louis XIII is put into power. Napoleon is exiled from France and is forced to live in Elba, an island not too far form France. Since he was so close to France he is still able to control things and on March 1815 he gets hold of Paris again. The French army is to see him and since he still had their support is was not difficult for him to regain power after Louis XIII leaves France because he does not want to deal with more problems and have the same thing that happened to the last king happen to him. Napoleons rule over France was called the 100 Days Rule. The British were furious at this and lead another attack on France. Napoleon is finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo. To make sure Napoleon will not come back to France and gain power over France again he is exiled to St. Helena, an extremely isolated island where he lives there from 1815 to 1821 and eventually dies on 1821. We learned that one of Napoleons greatest accomplishments was the Code of Napoleon, which was the French civil code of law. This showed that Napoleon allowed things such as freedom of religion and civil liberty. However, women did not have many rights and were often treated harshly.
The question now is what will happen to France and to all the land the French Conquered. A meeting was held called Congress of Vienna. Austria, Prussia, Russia, England, and even France discussed what would happen to France and its captured land. However, although the decisions these countries made would change the world for the next 100 years, they only devoted three days to discussing the issue. The meeting lasted a month and for the most part they held parties and social events. Though one thing they all agreed on was that they wanted old school conservative ways of life to come back before Napoleon ever came into power. One thing they realized was that they could not punish the French too severely, if they did than that would angry France and the last thing they needed was another war. They thought that by making everyone content was the best way to do things.

That pretty much covers everything we discussed today. Also don’t forget that our projects are due tomorrow and tonight’s homework is to complete the work sheet on The Congress of Vienna. I hope I mentioned everything important that was said today!:)

Next up…Brian J

Connelly said 1/8....

Sorry its so late, but I am rather ill.

Hello Period 7, it's Connelly Miller. Ms. Separ did a truly fantastic job on Friday with her spectacular oral and visual lesson about Napoleon. Class started with a brief interlude about the Directory and the general fall of Robespierre and the French republic. War was being fought all over, both internally and externally, which led to Napoleon's eventaul takeover of the French government. He started off as a brilliant, brave, and heroic minor war general. His drive and confidence led him to greatness, and he was soon very well-known. He thrived off of the attention, and it made him lead the French to victories around Afroeurasia, including Egypt especially. He soon stormed the Directory and in a non-violent but loud coup, power was transferred unto him. David, the famous French artist, portrayed him inaccurately but spectacularly, as a romantic figure. Later, he became the official leader for life; then, he was named emperor. The Pope was requested in France for the coronation, and Napoleon upstaged and showed disrespect for him by commanding attention and crowning himself (also portrayed by David). He would then proceed to lead France as an emperor, but he never stopped conquering. He tried to set up a continential system as well, in which every European country would refuse to trade with Britian. He did this because Britian was a major force. His system failed, but Russia specifically defied it, so Napoleon tried to capture Russia. The Russians were smart enough to know that they were outnumbered, so they used a scorched earth policy, which was a major time waster that led to French ruin in the harsh Russian winter. Napoleon was forced then to retreat. Boy, the French are interesting, aren't they. Next to write is the esteemed Hayley.

Alex H writes...1/7

Hello everybody! Today we learned about the "Reign of Terror". The reign of terror is the nickname given to the period of time that Maximillion Robespierre was the leader of France. Mrs. Separ started of today by recaping the main events during the French Revolution like the Tennis Court Oath, Storming of Bastille, Great Fear, etc. We recieved a worksheet that contained a section for each of the five readings. We were allowed to work in groups or indivisualy. The first document told us things like charges put upon King Louis XVI. For example, treason and bribary. It also explained to us what emigres (French nobility that disassociates with France) are. Reading two helped clarify just how crazy Robespierre was. It was about Robespierre's close friend and advisor who informed Robespierre that he was getting to "power hungry" and that he should calm down. To no surprise, Robespierre's friend was sentanced to the death. Reading three revealed to us some of the goals of Robespierre during the revolution. The main three were obtiaining liberty, equality and enternal justice. It also revealed, that like many of the French people, Robespierre had enlightenment ideas. Reading four showed us two of the laws that Robespierre passed, they were mainly targeting people who were againnst the revlution. The last reading, reading five, told the reasons why Robespierre was sentanced to death. He was eventually put to death which ended the "Reign of Terror".

The next person to go will be Connelly Miller

Tyler Wall said...1/6/10

Hello Mrs. Separ. So, today started off with a quiz based on what we had learned over the last few days. The quiz was primarily on several of the pictures we had looked at on tuesday about the French Revolution. We took the quiz for about 10 minutes and than after we finished we passed it up, handed it in, and than we proceeded to go over the quiz and explain what the answers were. The quiz was fairly easy. We then learned of our homework for the night which appeared to be a ridiculous amount of defining words in a letter and then summarizing several parts. We also learned that this would be collected tomorrow and be graded as a quiz grade. We then continued to finish the packet we received yesterday. We first reviewed what we wad done yesterday, going over the Tennis Court Oath, The Storming of Bastille, The Declaration of the Rights of Man, The Great Fear, the March on Versailles, and when Louis XVI and his family were captured by the French after fleeing the country to Austria. After we went over these documents, we then proceeded to go over the rest of the documents which was about how Prussia and Austria demanded King Louis XVI return to power or else Austria and Prussia would declare war on France, based on the belief that the Absolute rulers of these countries feared the beliefs and actions of the french would spread to their countries. After this we learned of how the Legislative Assembly was created which limied the power of the king and then how the National Convention was made which was basically a republic. And also how King Louis XVI was removed from power once again for abusing his power in the Legislative Assembly and then replaced by the National Convention. Robespierre became the leader of this Legislative Assembly and eventually became corrupt and somewhat a dictator. We then learned of how at one point after Robespierre began abusing his powers he had King Louis XVI beheaded by a new invention called the guillotine. He later had the rest of Louis' family beheaded as well. Lastly, we went over how france had gone from an Absolute Monarch, to a Legislative Assembly, to the National Convention with the Committee of Public Safety, and how this period of time was known as the Reign of Terror. That is what happened for the most part in class today and the next person to blog is going to be Alex Hinners.

David said...1/5/10

Hello Mrs Separ.
I'm a first time blogger for this class, so don't blame me for doing this poorly. So i walked into the classroom and we began class like usual. We had a little conversation and, like always, Connelly and Melhman were bickering. We got into working and reviewed what we already knew about the French Revolution. We talked about the 3 estates that include the first (clurgy members), the second (nobles) and the third (peasants and the bourgeoisie). We went through a powerpoint with different pictures about the French Revolution. Then we went on and talked about how Louie XVI wanted more money and wanted to raise taxes.The people also wanted to do something about his power. Louie called an estates general. Each estate sent 300 people in their place at the event. The third estate is the weakest and refused to vote because they pretty much had no say. This lead to the Tennis Court Oath in June 1789. This is the promise that the third estate makes with themselves, will not leave, give up, or disband. They also changed their name to the National Assembly. This was also around the time of the Storming of the Bastille where peasants broke into the prison. They cut the governors head off and this, to them, was a sign of revolution. We then learned about The Declaration of Rights of Man. It was to say the rights they should have as people. Then we learned about the great fear. The peasants were starving and the declaration means nothing to them unless it is actually followed through. The peasants rebel against their landlords and such. The women went to Versailles t talk with the queen about the situation. She refused to see them and the women began to revolt and want to kill the king. In 1790, Louie agrees to limit his power and create a constitutional monarchy. He signs it, but he never follows through. So, because he gave me a hard time, tyler wall will be the next one to blog.
David Freese

Welcome Back

Ok, so we slacked off on the blogging a little bit, BUT we are back at it! Please remeber we are now in the time period of 1750-1914 where we will be studying revolutions, industrialization, and imperialism----such exciting stuff! Please keep up with the blogs, it takes two minutes of your valuable time to read it.

Thanks,
Separ