Apush Chapter 1 Summary
England in the late eighteenth – early nineteenth century
Major World Events * 1810s – 1820s – Latin American wars of independence which saw many colonies in the region gain independence, freeing themselves from Spanish and Portuguese empires * 1810 – University of Berlin was founded and among its students and faculty were Hegel and Marx * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia, which led to, the eventual defeat of Napoleon’s French empire leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France. As a direct result of the Napoleonic wars, the British empire became the foremost world power for the next century * 1812 – 1815 – War between USA and UK
Political Events * Spencer Percival assassinated in the House of …show more content…
Mr. Bingley’s sisters go crazy when Bingley decides not to purchase his own estate * Basically anybody could become a knight (though not easily). Austen points out that “Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the King, during his mayoralty,” a distinction which Austen adds loftily, “had perhaps been felt too …show more content…
piano teachers) or local Grammar schools that taught the educational basics of Greek and Latin but the latter did not admit girls * Women were not allowed to attend public schools such as Eton, nor the universities (Oxford and Cambridge) * Most writers on female education preferred that women received a practical and religious training for their domestic role * The goal of non-domestic education was thus often the acquisition of accomplishments such as the ability to draw, sing, play music, speak modern languages such as French and Italian and write long, informative letters. The purpose of these accomplishments was to attract a husband so these skills were often neglected after marriage. However, these accomplishments also had practical, social value before phonographs, radio, photographs and cheap, fast transportation emerged. * Since there was no requirement for academic education for women and very little opportunity for women to use such as knowledge (women learnt for the improvement of their mind) education depended strongly on the individual inclinations of the women herself, being able to more or less choose their own
Major World Events * 1810s – 1820s – Latin American wars of independence which saw many colonies in the region gain independence, freeing themselves from Spanish and Portuguese empires * 1810 – University of Berlin was founded and among its students and faculty were Hegel and Marx * 1812 – The French invasion of Russia, which led to, the eventual defeat of Napoleon’s French empire leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France. As a direct result of the Napoleonic wars, the British empire became the foremost world power for the next century * 1812 – 1815 – War between USA and UK
Political Events * Spencer Percival assassinated in the House of …show more content…
Mr. Bingley’s sisters go crazy when Bingley decides not to purchase his own estate * Basically anybody could become a knight (though not easily). Austen points out that “Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the King, during his mayoralty,” a distinction which Austen adds loftily, “had perhaps been felt too …show more content…
piano teachers) or local Grammar schools that taught the educational basics of Greek and Latin but the latter did not admit girls * Women were not allowed to attend public schools such as Eton, nor the universities (Oxford and Cambridge) * Most writers on female education preferred that women received a practical and religious training for their domestic role * The goal of non-domestic education was thus often the acquisition of accomplishments such as the ability to draw, sing, play music, speak modern languages such as French and Italian and write long, informative letters. The purpose of these accomplishments was to attract a husband so these skills were often neglected after marriage. However, these accomplishments also had practical, social value before phonographs, radio, photographs and cheap, fast transportation emerged. * Since there was no requirement for academic education for women and very little opportunity for women to use such as knowledge (women learnt for the improvement of their mind) education depended strongly on the individual inclinations of the women herself, being able to more or less choose their own