Monday, February 4, 2013

Industrial revolution

Industrial revolution became a important impact for all societies with an increase of goods and services for the people. The industrial revolution did have some problems but it helped the people become more aware and understanding of what they were expected to go through. It first began in Britain and it helped in an influential way. Britain's political life encouraged commercialization and economic change. Britain already had enough coal and iron and became an easier reach of major industrial centers. The revolution changed the country completely such as their city life, social class structure, and Britain's power amongst other countries as well as their production of machinery.  The industrial revolution was a positive era to have occurred in Britain. Although in the beginning it appeared to bring no benefits at all for the country as time went by the negative effects of the revolution helped them improve day by day. In the end Britain grew to become the most powerful manufacturing nation and economically they were the strongest country in all Europe.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Revolutions

This chapter is mainly on the Atlantic Revolutions. What i thought was interesting about the Atlantic Revolutionaries they shared a set of common ideas. We know the atlantic became a useful resource for cultural exchange but the ideas that were going across the ocean were in newspapers, books, and pamphlets. Ideas weren't only sent through these sources but there were also new ideas of liberty, equality, free trade, religious tolerance, republicanism, and human rationality. A little bit of everything was shared during the time. Many of these ideas seem to generate controversial amongst the people. Throughout the chapter i learn more about the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and lastly about the Spanish American Revolutions and what were the causes of them. As we read through the book we are able to see that the American Revolution as a conflict between the united thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The French Revolution had conflicts in their own society and offended many of them and it lead to be more violent then the American Revolution. The Haitian revolution was a conflict with the French colony of Saint Domingue and lastly the Spanish American Revolutions which took place in spanish and portuguese colonies and their revolutions took place in events in North America. Overall, by the end of the chapter we learn that these revolutions benefited from them and supported themselves as well especially because in the end it was a representation to the new world.