“John Locke (1632-1704) had argued the “social contract” between ruler and ruled should last only as long as it served the people well” (Strayer, page 500). I really liked this quote, because many times ever today, I don’t believe that the people are served “well”. Many times politicians tell the people what they want to hear and then do something else.
As Strayer points out in the book, the American Revolution has been taught to children since first grade, in a much more simple degree, as example America gained her independence by 1787 and created the federal constitution, that is why we celebrate July 4! Many times I hear people talk, and I have been guilty of this, questioning why the schools don’t tell the “truth” about history. I have thought about this many times during the class, because it feels like I am learning the same things over and over, but just not the lovey-dovey side. As I was looking at my son, I realized that, even though our country and other countries have done some evil things to people, we don’t want our children being raised to question why our government was so mean, and even question or doubting the United States.
During the American Revolution, countries looked to the United States, and many do today. The US was the first to have Constitution- with the Bill of Rights. US, was practicing separation church and state, which I believe is a big progress. Many countries to this day do not even allow their people to practice what religion he or she chooses.
The French Revolution was from 1789-1815, and was completely different than the American Revolution. The French Revolution was a revolt against the social classes. The Third Estate (National Assembly) stated the revolt. They were tired of being miss treated, and wanted some respect even if they were the poor, but yet the majority. The revolt was so powerful, it got rid of the King and Queen at the time, and I believe the Queen was Marie Antoinette. Slavery was ended for a short and unlike the Americas; the French were looking for a new beginning, stated over, made a new calendar.
Napoleon Bonaparte took leadership from 1799-1814. He created civil quality, religious freedom, and many other rules/laws. In 1815 Britain and Russia brought down Napoleon, which ended the French Revolution. Many countries learned off of each other during the Revolutions’ and some lasted for a while and some didn’t. I believe there needs to be a since of respect for what happened back then, even if it was done as to what we think is an evil way, but yet that was the way back then.
The Revolutions were a big Era for the women too. While people were fighting for rights, women didn’t want it to be just between the social classes but also between men and women. Women wanted to be educated too. By the 1900’s women had bad a big change that has affected women today, they were able to attend universities, own property, some areas liberated divorce laws, so it just wasn’t up the male. Women help jobs, teaching and nursing. Im not a big feminist, I don’t believe that women should have the same roles as men, but I am grateful for the hard work that the women did before us to make us where the US is today. I look at other countries and how they treat their women with disrespect and it is truly sad.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
WW- Chapters 14,15,16
Since blogs are supposed to be about how you are feeling and what you think…. I will say that my energy level for this blog is very low. (I hope I don’t get marked down for this.) I wish Strayer was a little more exciting, don’t get me wrong, the information is good stuff, its just how he words it. Anyways back to my summaries.
Ch.14
Our country relies on mass production, not only for the U.S. but for trade as well. Back in the 1450-1750 countries needed mass production too, and their way to produce it was through slaves. Everyone knows that slaves had a hard life, and by no means am I saying that I agree with slaves, but back then it was what needed to be done. I’m sure that if we didn’t have factories to produce items then we would still have slaves today.
America was doing just fine before Mr. Columbus showed up, after Europeans came, they brought over diseases that killed most Native Americans. Europeans did many things for Americans. For example created societies, established trade, and crops. For this reason is why slaves became more popular. Sugar played a major role in trade and slavery.
Ch. 15.
I feel like we are always talking about the Europeans, and this chapter is about the voyages that the Europeans embarked on. “ It was the silver trade that gave birth to the genuinely global network of exchange”(Strayer, page 442). Who doesn’t love money? In today society, people can’t get enough, and that also went for back then too. Money brings power. Here comes China, once again.. with their societies, silver was a must for them. Since people already had to pay taxes, now the people had to pay taxes in silver. China had most of the silver due to its large economy, but if foreigners could get a lot of that pretty metal, they could take part in the silk to that made China so wealthy. The largest silver mine was not in China but in Bolivia. People will do anything for money, even travel around the world to get some.
Ch. 16
Religion is always a touchy topic…people have so many different views on things. Christianity is one of those religions that many “think” they know about and judge it by the people. I know, I know, why would a person want to be associated with a group that forced something on another person. A person wants to be apart of something where they are “comfortable” no pressures from the world. On page, 464 Strayer says this statement about Salvation and what the Protestants believe, “ To God alone ; God’s grace is freely and directly granted to believers."
Ch.14
Our country relies on mass production, not only for the U.S. but for trade as well. Back in the 1450-1750 countries needed mass production too, and their way to produce it was through slaves. Everyone knows that slaves had a hard life, and by no means am I saying that I agree with slaves, but back then it was what needed to be done. I’m sure that if we didn’t have factories to produce items then we would still have slaves today.
America was doing just fine before Mr. Columbus showed up, after Europeans came, they brought over diseases that killed most Native Americans. Europeans did many things for Americans. For example created societies, established trade, and crops. For this reason is why slaves became more popular. Sugar played a major role in trade and slavery.
Ch. 15.
I feel like we are always talking about the Europeans, and this chapter is about the voyages that the Europeans embarked on. “ It was the silver trade that gave birth to the genuinely global network of exchange”(Strayer, page 442). Who doesn’t love money? In today society, people can’t get enough, and that also went for back then too. Money brings power. Here comes China, once again.. with their societies, silver was a must for them. Since people already had to pay taxes, now the people had to pay taxes in silver. China had most of the silver due to its large economy, but if foreigners could get a lot of that pretty metal, they could take part in the silk to that made China so wealthy. The largest silver mine was not in China but in Bolivia. People will do anything for money, even travel around the world to get some.
Ch. 16
Religion is always a touchy topic…people have so many different views on things. Christianity is one of those religions that many “think” they know about and judge it by the people. I know, I know, why would a person want to be associated with a group that forced something on another person. A person wants to be apart of something where they are “comfortable” no pressures from the world. On page, 464 Strayer says this statement about Salvation and what the Protestants believe, “ To God alone ; God’s grace is freely and directly granted to believers."
Monday, June 13, 2011
WW- Chapters 11,12,13.
WW- 11,12,13
Ch11
I could write my RA#1 on: Christianity vs. Islam, but that would be a heated paper and much longer than three pages, plus my answer would be biased for Christianity. So I wasn’t very interested in this chapter, to be honest. I understand that there needs to be knowledge of Islam, but because of my religious practice and what I believe, I don’t believe in Islam. So my attention span wasn’t very high. Sorry. I can fully say, that I do not want my husband to have four wives. How sad. I feel like it makes adultery okay, even though Islam doesn’t view it that way. “ Woman were expected to enjoy sexual satisfaction and could sue for divorce if they had not had sexual relations for more than four months” (Strayer, page 315). I found this statement very interesting. I was raised that sex, cant be the cement for a relationship. A relationship has its ups and downs- emotionally and sexually, to have a marriage work their needs to be substance, common ground, goals, interests, etc. BUT in Islam if a woman doesn’t feel satisfied sexually she can leave- I can imagine she might feel sexually frustrated because her husband is not just “sleeping” with her but three other ladies. “ Men were, however, permitted to have sexual relations with consenting females slaves, but any children born of those unions were free, as was the mother once her owner dies. Furthermore, men were strongly encouraged to marry orphans, widows, and slaves” (Strayer, page 315). If a man married a slave, could she still divorce him, if she wasn’t happy sexually? Or was she still his slave? Okay, Okay, enough about that, I think I could go on forever about this issue. Reading the rest of the chapter was just repetitive. Yes we know that Mohammad was the messenger for the Quran. Just like Moses was for God when he sent the Ten Commandments. Both religions were said to not have any god before their own, Allah or Jesus. When rules are set they aren’t to be taken lightly. If they are broken there isn’t just spiritual turmoil, but also worldly punishments because a person cannot kill someone nothing happen.
Ch12
Pastoral nomads/ societies were less productive than agriculture societies. They needed more land because they were dependent on horses, sheep, goats, and other animals. Their society/ group was smaller they accepted other people who weren’t related because they were all mostly related by the same male bloodline. Women didn’t have restrictions as they did in other groups, or not as many, they even went to war was it was necessary. Pastoral societies were mostly in Eurasia and sub- Saharan Africa because there was so much land to raise the cattle. The Masai of East Africa (Kenya) had some agriculture before the eighteen and nineteen century and were dependent on hunters and farmers. “ Mongol Empire was the strongest empire of its time with a population of 700,000” (Strayer, Page 342). I was greatly disturbed when during war, if a citizen was “unskilled in war he/she would serve as human shields for attacks on the next city or were used as human fill in the moats surrounding those cities (Strayer,Page 347). If I was in their “society” I would be training everyday to make sure I wasn’t going to be used as “protection.” From my understanding, they would go from city to city, conquer it and take its money and goods. That is how they became so wealthy and were able to wear fine clothing. Mongol was able to conquer China, both north and south, and even unified them. The war for the north was much more violent than it was for the south.
CH. 13
We can say that societies grew because they learned from groups. I believe it is human nature to want to progress and now stay the same. If things don’t change life is boring. In the 15th century people where living in more civilized communities. People were traveling; Christopher Columbus, found American by accident. I also find it ironic that it isn’t until children are older that they really learn who he is, and he wasn’t that great of a guy. Why sugarcoat things? Religion was being more powerful, communities need spiritual guidance; Aztec looked towards Shamans for wisdom. Societies all over the world have come a long way, even though it has been a long road, everyone is learning that to have a community every person needs to have a special role. I just wish we could make more items in the States and not every item we buy says “Made in China.” HAHA
Ch11
I could write my RA#1 on: Christianity vs. Islam, but that would be a heated paper and much longer than three pages, plus my answer would be biased for Christianity. So I wasn’t very interested in this chapter, to be honest. I understand that there needs to be knowledge of Islam, but because of my religious practice and what I believe, I don’t believe in Islam. So my attention span wasn’t very high. Sorry. I can fully say, that I do not want my husband to have four wives. How sad. I feel like it makes adultery okay, even though Islam doesn’t view it that way. “ Woman were expected to enjoy sexual satisfaction and could sue for divorce if they had not had sexual relations for more than four months” (Strayer, page 315). I found this statement very interesting. I was raised that sex, cant be the cement for a relationship. A relationship has its ups and downs- emotionally and sexually, to have a marriage work their needs to be substance, common ground, goals, interests, etc. BUT in Islam if a woman doesn’t feel satisfied sexually she can leave- I can imagine she might feel sexually frustrated because her husband is not just “sleeping” with her but three other ladies. “ Men were, however, permitted to have sexual relations with consenting females slaves, but any children born of those unions were free, as was the mother once her owner dies. Furthermore, men were strongly encouraged to marry orphans, widows, and slaves” (Strayer, page 315). If a man married a slave, could she still divorce him, if she wasn’t happy sexually? Or was she still his slave? Okay, Okay, enough about that, I think I could go on forever about this issue. Reading the rest of the chapter was just repetitive. Yes we know that Mohammad was the messenger for the Quran. Just like Moses was for God when he sent the Ten Commandments. Both religions were said to not have any god before their own, Allah or Jesus. When rules are set they aren’t to be taken lightly. If they are broken there isn’t just spiritual turmoil, but also worldly punishments because a person cannot kill someone nothing happen.
Ch12
Pastoral nomads/ societies were less productive than agriculture societies. They needed more land because they were dependent on horses, sheep, goats, and other animals. Their society/ group was smaller they accepted other people who weren’t related because they were all mostly related by the same male bloodline. Women didn’t have restrictions as they did in other groups, or not as many, they even went to war was it was necessary. Pastoral societies were mostly in Eurasia and sub- Saharan Africa because there was so much land to raise the cattle. The Masai of East Africa (Kenya) had some agriculture before the eighteen and nineteen century and were dependent on hunters and farmers. “ Mongol Empire was the strongest empire of its time with a population of 700,000” (Strayer, Page 342). I was greatly disturbed when during war, if a citizen was “unskilled in war he/she would serve as human shields for attacks on the next city or were used as human fill in the moats surrounding those cities (Strayer,Page 347). If I was in their “society” I would be training everyday to make sure I wasn’t going to be used as “protection.” From my understanding, they would go from city to city, conquer it and take its money and goods. That is how they became so wealthy and were able to wear fine clothing. Mongol was able to conquer China, both north and south, and even unified them. The war for the north was much more violent than it was for the south.
CH. 13
We can say that societies grew because they learned from groups. I believe it is human nature to want to progress and now stay the same. If things don’t change life is boring. In the 15th century people where living in more civilized communities. People were traveling; Christopher Columbus, found American by accident. I also find it ironic that it isn’t until children are older that they really learn who he is, and he wasn’t that great of a guy. Why sugarcoat things? Religion was being more powerful, communities need spiritual guidance; Aztec looked towards Shamans for wisdom. Societies all over the world have come a long way, even though it has been a long road, everyone is learning that to have a community every person needs to have a special role. I just wish we could make more items in the States and not every item we buy says “Made in China.” HAHA
Monday, June 6, 2011
WW- chapters 8,9,10
WW- Chapters 8,9, 10
Chapter 8
Trade had been around forever; when I was reading this chapter it reminded me of young kids trading marbles at recess. I believe it’s a natural instinct to trade. When a person sees someone else with a better “resources” that person wants it. Trading is an on-going cycle. “ Trade also affected the day-to-day working lives of many people, encouraging them to specialize in producing particular products for sale in the distant markets rather than for the use in their own communities. Trade, in short, diminished the economic self-sufficiency of local societies” (Strayer, page 218). As times changed communities couldn’t just rely on itself, they had to go out and follow the trend of the world, if they didn’t, they wouldn’t survive. Goods were traded by Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads, trading goods came with a price; many dieses were transferred through trade, because people didn’t know much of the other culture they were trading with, they just wanted the goods. Obviously trading by sea was the best because it could hold more goods than a camel.
I always enjoy reading about information that I learned in another class, for example, reading about the Maya and Aztec, I learned about them in my Art History class during the Fall, and they are a very interesting group of people.
Chapter 9
China was a powerful country back then, and still is today. They had rules “The Tribute System” and people who lived in China regardless if the were Chinese needed to follow the rules. The Nomadic people north of the Great Wall didn’t adapt to the Chinese culture. For the people who lived South of the Great wall, trade was easy for them; they had “pros” for adapting to the Chinese way(s).
While reading the section “ Women in the Song Dynasty” I started to think about China treats their women today. I do believe that we in the U.S. have made our women too liberal. I say this because I DO NOT believe that women should have the same roles as men, I feel this way because how I was raised, at home and religiously. I agree that women need to be respected that that it’s a little extreme to have their “feet binding” so they have to stay home.
It was also in 300-800CE where Buddhism became rapid practice in China. At first China didn’t know how to feel about Buddhism because it clashed with some of the beliefs that China had, but after the fall of Han dynasty, it became the China religion.
Chapter 10
Being a Christian I have different views than the book has on certain subjects. Christian crusades were considered “Holy Wars” and were to help keep Jerusalem the Holy place. I learned in other classes that there were around 9 crusades. As in the previous chapters we learned how China became a Buddhist country and how we learned how Christianity spread among the people and how many people fought to save Jerusalem.
Chapter 8
Trade had been around forever; when I was reading this chapter it reminded me of young kids trading marbles at recess. I believe it’s a natural instinct to trade. When a person sees someone else with a better “resources” that person wants it. Trading is an on-going cycle. “ Trade also affected the day-to-day working lives of many people, encouraging them to specialize in producing particular products for sale in the distant markets rather than for the use in their own communities. Trade, in short, diminished the economic self-sufficiency of local societies” (Strayer, page 218). As times changed communities couldn’t just rely on itself, they had to go out and follow the trend of the world, if they didn’t, they wouldn’t survive. Goods were traded by Silk Roads, Sea Roads, and Sand Roads, trading goods came with a price; many dieses were transferred through trade, because people didn’t know much of the other culture they were trading with, they just wanted the goods. Obviously trading by sea was the best because it could hold more goods than a camel.
I always enjoy reading about information that I learned in another class, for example, reading about the Maya and Aztec, I learned about them in my Art History class during the Fall, and they are a very interesting group of people.
Chapter 9
China was a powerful country back then, and still is today. They had rules “The Tribute System” and people who lived in China regardless if the were Chinese needed to follow the rules. The Nomadic people north of the Great Wall didn’t adapt to the Chinese culture. For the people who lived South of the Great wall, trade was easy for them; they had “pros” for adapting to the Chinese way(s).
While reading the section “ Women in the Song Dynasty” I started to think about China treats their women today. I do believe that we in the U.S. have made our women too liberal. I say this because I DO NOT believe that women should have the same roles as men, I feel this way because how I was raised, at home and religiously. I agree that women need to be respected that that it’s a little extreme to have their “feet binding” so they have to stay home.
It was also in 300-800CE where Buddhism became rapid practice in China. At first China didn’t know how to feel about Buddhism because it clashed with some of the beliefs that China had, but after the fall of Han dynasty, it became the China religion.
Chapter 10
Being a Christian I have different views than the book has on certain subjects. Christian crusades were considered “Holy Wars” and were to help keep Jerusalem the Holy place. I learned in other classes that there were around 9 crusades. As in the previous chapters we learned how China became a Buddhist country and how we learned how Christianity spread among the people and how many people fought to save Jerusalem.
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