Globalization In The 1500s

Globalization Globalization has affected our world today in many different ways. In the 2000s, it looked a lot different than in the 1500s. Many things have influenced and hindered globalization throughout history. The effects of globalization can still be seen today. First of all, globalization is “The breaking down of traditional boundaries in the face of increasingly global financial and cultural trends” (pg. G-7). As people began buying and trading goods from other countries, globalization of trade and travel came to be also. It began back in the fourteen hundreds. Christopher Columbus and Vasco Da Gamma were two men in the late fourteen hundreds who began traveling back and forth from the Indies, creating a place for Europe that flourished
Terrorism struck on a day that many people of the world, myself included, can still remember vividly though. "Most experts agree, nevertheless, that a key feature of terrorism is the deliberate and systematic use of violence against civilians, with the aim of advancing political, religious, or ideological causes” (pg. 663). The events of that tragic day are an example of globalization in a darker light. A small group of men planned their attack from thousands of miles away and then went through with it and were able to act from another country. There was a ‘globalization of fear’ after word rapidly spread of what was going on in New York City and Washington D.C. Our Military System had to create a plan and system of operating in order to protect our country again. There was a sense of fear socially as the United States had a sudden sense of insecurity and a feeling unprotected, but it also drew out pride in Americans and created a bond between neighbors as we stood up and defended our
The French Revolution and American Revolution brought a state system, The Great Depression in 1929 caused price inflation, a huge unemployment rate, suffrage, and eventually the declaration and recruitment for the war and across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. World War Two and the Holocaust brought great pain and fear for many people, and as the world found out about what was going on and the treatment of the Jewish community others fought for their rights and risked their own lives to save the innocent. Modes of transportation have rapidly grown from walking or riding in a horse drawn carriage to boats and bicycles, cars, trains and planes. All of these greatly affecting globalization as it provides transportation for goods and people, creating