Americas 1517 - Martin Luther/95 theses 1521- Cortez conquered the Aztecs 1533- Pizarro toppled the Inca 1571 - Battle of Lepanto‚ (naval defeat of Ottomans) 1588 - defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara - beginning of Tokugawa 1607 - foundation of Jamestown 1618-1648 - 30 years war 1683- unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna 1689 - Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights 1750-1900 Industrial Revolution 1756-1763 -7 years war/French and Indian War 1776 - American Revolution/Smith
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Tsar Alexander II Suggested editorials: one from Karl Marx and one from Bismark or Tsar Alexander II Suggested Title: The Tokyo Times Topics to be covered: loss of Russians in Russo-Japanese war‚ “self-strengthening movement” in China‚ Tokugawa Japan (role of shoguns‚ closing to foreigners‚ commodore Perry) Meiji Japan (reforms‚ imitation of the West‚ Meiji Oligarchs‚ Aritomo’s plan for imperialism‚ the Boxer Uprising Suggested editorials: one from Aritomo‚ one from Commodore Perry or
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Tokugawa Japan and Spanish colonial America led the world in silver production from 1500 to 1750. The primary flow of silver was from Japan to China and from the Americas to Europe. The documents explain the negative‚ bias and positive economic effects of the global flow of silver from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century. Documents 2‚ 5 and 3 all deal with the negative effects of the silver flow. Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa‚ a Spanish priest‚ states that more than 3‚000
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DBQ Essay In this time period‚ Spanish colonial America and Tokugawa Japan were leading the world. They led the world in silver production from the 1500’s to the 1750’s. The mining of silver affected the world‚ socially and economically in many ways which is presented in the documents. The documents 4 and 8 show how the global flow of silver is bettering the economy and social status of others. Document 4 is by Ralph Fitch‚ a British merchant. This document is about how the Portuguese go to
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During the nineteenth century Americans saw a new opportunity of new possessions. “Instead of treading outlying areas as colonial outposts‚ American nation state builders turned them into new provinces” (Pollard et al‚ 2015‚ p. 609). With rifles‚ railroads‚ schools‚ frontiers and land surveys the North and South American societies were able to expand. The United States territorial expansion provided a means of unifying the country as well as bringing prosperity to the white farmer. Even though it
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Topic 4 Japanese culture factors influenced the disclosure of financial information Introduction Japan is an unique oriental country in many aspects‚ especially in politics and economy‚ both western practices and traditional nationalism are coexisted in this country. The period 1890-1940 was just followed the Meiji restoration‚ and was typical in the history of Japan‚ at that time‚ Japan was on the way from a feudal country to a capitalistic country‚ called modernization. Many western practices
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in 1872‚ new tax laws and systems which replaced the old tax system in 1873‚ and a new military conscription system that made it compulsory for young adult males to join the military in 1873‚ the imperial government finally looked to dismantle the Tokugawa system. In 1876‚ the final blow to the old way of Japanese life came. The Government stopped paying the samurai class their fixed regular sum of money (stipends) and took away their privilege of carrying swords. Abolishing the privileged status of
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looked down upon and served their lords for protection. They made up most of the population in both societies. Feudalism in Japan was positively different from feudalism in Europe in a way. The Japanese were isolated from the outside world since the Tokugawa shoguns restricted
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Industrialisation (or industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from anagrarian society into an industrial one. It is a part of a wider modernisation process‚ where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development of large-scale energy andmetallurgy production. It is the extensive organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing.[2] Industrialisation also introduces
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The Industrial Revolution and the Rise of the West. Bob Allen Professor of Economic History Oxford University Graham Lecture‚ 2008 Why are some countries rich and others poor? Since 1500‚ incomes have risen in most of the world‚ however: • Incomes have risen fastest in the countries that were richer in 1500 • Consequently‚ world inequality is much greater today than in 1500 • In 1500‚ average income in the UK was only 30% higher than in India • Today‚ the average UK income is ten times that
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