David said 3/18...

Sorry it was posted late. My cable went out last night, no internet service. Separ

Hello Mrs Separ, I walked into calss today and the "r" in Eddie's stick thing fell over, so he and Mehlman decided to fix it with some tape. When we finally sat down and got settled, we continued learning about the Ottoman Empire and their collapse. We starte with Mahmud II, who realized that he needed to modernize. He needed to rebuild the military, but he wanted to prevent the Jannisaries from rebeling. So e came up with the plan of getting his own army and training them with modern ways. He then tells the Jannisaries, who rebel like he predicted, and his troops fight the Jannisaries. He also Europeanized the army, made schools secular, and made telegraph lines. The empire shrunk, but it was the most stable since the 1600's. Mahmud ruled from 1808-1839. Here is where the Tazimat Era begins, what were some reforms?
We then learned about Abdul Hamid II, who ruled from 1876- 1909. He originally accepted the constitution in place, but then he turned around and suspends the constitution, disbands the parlaiment, and kills people who speak out against him.He did, though, continue to reform education and the military. Mrs. Separ then put up the slide of the Young Turks. I made a comment that it is a famous Rod Stewart song. Mrs. Separ said that she coudn't stand Rod, still can't. I was kind of upset about that, but The Young Turks eventually stage a coup and overthrow him in 1909. What did the Young Turks want? What about their proclamation? They put Rashid in power who ruled from 1909- 1918. He was only a puppet ruler who took orders from the Young Turks. ROD IS G-D!!!!

David forgot to pick the next blogger...it is Tyler