The industrial revolution in the mid-18th century was the most influential transformation of human culture. It was a period of great change‚ new industries developed rapidly as a result of a number of new inventions and the way in which things were produced. The reformation of agriculture in England paved the way for industrialization. Wealthy landowners dramatically improved farming methods that amounted to an agricultural revolution. Charles Townshend’s four field crop rotation system was one
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Explain the beginnings of the spread of nationalism in Europe from 1815 to 1848. When the Great Powers (Britain‚ Prussia‚ Austria‚ Russia‚ and France) met in Vienna in 1815‚ they were attempting to establish a lasting peace and a balance of power in Europe. After ten years of revolution in France and sixteen years of Napoleonic Wars the representatives wanted to prevent any more upheaval. One of their solutions was a proposal to restore kings to their thrones ( a concept called "legitimacy")
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#8—Crash Course World History Alexander the Great 1. Alexander of Macedon‚ born in 356 BCE‚ died in 323 BCE at the ripe old age of _32_____. 2. Alexander was the son of King __phillip________ II‚ and when just 13 years old he tamed a horse no one else could ride named Bucephalus‚ which impressed his father so much he said: “Oh thy son‚ look thee at a kingdom equal to and worthy of thyself‚ for Macedonia is too little for thee.” 3. Let’s to look at Alexander of Macedon’s story by examining
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Commonly Appearing Terms 1607-1763 Indentured Servants People who came to America and was placed under contract to work for another over a period of time‚ especially during the 17th and 19th centuries (ex. redemptioners‚ victims of religious or political persecution‚ people kidnapped‚ convicts and paupers) Proprietary‚ Royal‚ Charter Colonies Proprietary colony: any of certain colonies‚ as Maryland and Pennsylvania‚ that were granted to an individual group by the British crown and that were
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Europe didn’t receive anything back of solid use from China in return for the gold and silver. Tomas de Mercado tells us about the trade from China to the Spanish Philippines. The high prices of silver ruined Spain and made China richer. Mercado states‚ “The streets of Manila in the Spanish territory of the Philippines could be paved with granite cobblestones brought from China as ballast in Chinese ships coming to get silver.” This shows us how rich the Chinese were becoming by making people pay
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to go through the eye of a needle‚ than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Source: Reginald‚ monk of Durham‚ younger contemporary and colleague of St. Godric‚ The Life of St. Godric (a twelfth-century British merchant)‚ written before St. Godric’s death in 1170. He chose not to follow the life of a husbandman‚ but rather to study‚ learn and exercise the rudiment of more subtle conceptions. For this reason‚ aspiring to the merchant’s trade‚ he began to follow the chapman’s [peddler’s]
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AP® WORLD HISTORY 2012 SCORING GUIDELINES Question 1 BASIC CORE (competence) 0–7 Points 1. Has acceptable thesis • The thesis must address a specific relationship between cricket and politics in South Asia‚ using evidence from the documents. • The thesis must be explicitly stated in the introduction or the specified conclusion of the essay. • The thesis may appear as one sentence or multiple sentences. • A thesis that is split among multiple paragraphs is unacceptable. • A thesis
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There were numerous causes to justify The French Revolution. There existed problems inside France’s government‚ society‚ and economy. Most of these problems were ultimately experienced by the third estate‚ or the middle class. The third estate was then educated on a better way to live by the results of the Enlightenment philosophers and their philosophies. Certain conditions also led to the revolution‚ on top of its causes. Living conditions and representation in government are two examples. It is
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relationship between the two nations. Moreover‚ the colonists were not being represented. The feeling of deprivation not only angered the Americans‚ but may have also opened their eyes to see the need of a revolutionary movement. Thomas Jefferson states in A Summary View of the Rights of British America that they "possessed a right‚ which nature has given to all men." The British deprived the colonists of these rights when they did not allow a representative in the House of Commons‚ as decided in
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Spain and France both wanted to expand to gain more land‚ get new resources‚ and to search for ways to get more power. The resources that each country wanted were different as well as the ways they attempted to get the resources. Each country had their own strategies to try and obtain the resources they were going after. Competition between countries led to countries attempting to gain land quickly. Spain and France were not the only countries trying to expand in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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