economic development lag behind that of Northwest Europe? (3 pts) Why did Scandinavia’s development also lag? (4 pts) Very sparsely populated‚ about 2 people per square kilometer. All the favorable conditions for serfdom-slavery described by Domar. Free land‚ Land owning gentry. Thus‚ serfdom (bound labor) Additionally had very coercive centralized authority to impose slavery. Very backward as a result of little economic incentive for progress. (3 pts) Italian cities were adversely impacted by the
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Isaac Contreras 12/26/12 period 3 AP EURO During the napoleonic era the following social groups succeeded in achieving their goals to a certain extent. the clergy was allowed to reopen seminaries‚ the aristocracy was brought back after being diminished by the revolution‚ the bourgeoisie was rewarded by the government if they effectively served the state with pensions‚property or titles‚ the urban working class was allowed to rise in government purely on skill‚ peasantry was allowed to worship
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status of people in Russia was demoted in a way‚ from a higher position to a lower one. The Russian princes had become vassals and the peasants had become serfs to the princes for their own protections. Because of the peasantry converting to serfs‚ serfdom is later introduced as well as the princes to begin collecting taxes and tribute. Economically‚ the impacts of the Mongols on Russia and China are clearly expressed in different
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France‚ and Portugal‚ failed to follow the British example immediately. Also slavery continued in the United States until its abolition in 1865‚ after a bitter and protracted civil war. Brazil and Cuba did not abolish slavery until the late 1880s. Serfdom‚ a different form of unfree labor‚ was abolished in Russia in 1861. This said‚ it is important to recognize that slavery was replaced by other forms of coerced labor‚ such as indentured labor. The Industrial Revolution transformed the ability of
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Jews for the same reason: they were the only link between his Empire‚ and that of the East‚ whose trade he needed. He also attempted to fend off the onslaught of serfdom; the circumstances‚ and the declining economy in Northern Europe‚ thwarted him. He believed that people should not be kept against their will‚ and so the facts that serfdom blossomed‚ and that even slavery appeared for a while‚ vexed him. Education was an integral part of Charlemagne’s court‚ his regime‚ and his life. He studied very
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Rebecca Ducharme Professor Estey World History-HIS 271 A 22 February 2012 Asian Empires of the 19th Century During the rise of European Powers‚ in the times of the Industrial Revolution‚ the Asian Empires were quickly falling behind. Each nation in the Asian Empire had a strong and rigid internal focus and due to their refusal to adapt to the changing times each empire was lead to its decline. By the start of the nineteenth century the technological gap was increasingly clear. It was not until
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Ethical Issues plays a very important role in fight against human trafficking. Every person should do right things to prevent HUMAN trafficking. Empowering workers‚ adopting zero tolerance policies‚ requiring that staff to conduct themselves at the highest standard of behaviour at all times and treat one another with dignity. There is one ethical consideration that is complex and highly sensitive topic of sex trafficking. A very bad violation of human rights‚ it is considered as a multibillion dollar
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While initially successful‚ the moment that President Johnson confiscated the land given to us‚ the Freedmen‚ under Sherman’s Field Order 15‚ Reconstruction failed. This land should have remained the rightful property of the Freedmen as a gesture of concession‚ validity of African American rights‚ and just punishment to white planters. By confiscating land given to us under Sherman’s Field Order 15‚ President Johnson prioritized relations between white people over rights for black people and encouraged
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condemned what they saw as the government’s march to socialism through central planning. Though he was critical of the overarching ‘conservative’ label‚ Friedrich Hayek solidified the classical libertarian conviction through his work‚ The Road to Serfdom‚ which became a rallying cry for those who opposed an all-powerful centralized government. Hayek claimed that‚ “economic planning” was not only an imposition on human freedom‚ but was also‚ more perilously‚ “the control of the means for all our ends
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If it wasn’t for the great despots of the 18th century‚ The Enlightenment would have never happened. The despots included such great thinkers as Fredrick the II‚ Peter the Great‚ Katherine the II‚ and Maria Therea. These great minds inspired others to think in a different way. People began to question religion‚ governments‚ and economic fairness. Without them we would not have had the scientific method that has lead to many of the inventions that we have today. They not only had a huge impact on
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