1) The 18th century is known as the era of the Global Economy. Describe the world economy in the first half of the 18th century and assess the effects of the economic‚ political‚ and social trends. I. Intro II. Economically‚ the old regime was marked by a scarcity of food‚ agrarian economy‚ slow transport‚ little iron production‚ unsophisticated finances‚ and sometimes commercial overseas empire. (And mercantilism) Mercantilism and the Atlantic Economy A. European maritime exapansion
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1. the "weekend"- New work patterns that established the weekend as a distinct time of recreation and fun. 2. Coney Island and Blackpool- both are amusement parks. Coney Island was only 8 miles away from central New York City and Blackpool in England was a short train ride from nearby industrial towns. 3. "day-trippers"- People who sit on the beach just to get fresh air. 4. Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan – Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. Joseph Swan opened homes and cities
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Renaissance ID’s Frederick Wright 1. Renaissance: * The Renaissance was a cultural movement that profoundly affected European intellectual life. * It began in Italy and spread its way across the rest of Europe. * It lasted from the end of the fourteenth century to the early sixteenth century (1375-1527). * This renaissance was significant for many reasons‚ one of which was the use of vernacular language. * The use of vernacular language helped people understand and rationalize
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The Spirit of the Times: The Gin Epidemic of 18th Century England Beginning in the early 1700s‚ England went on a notorious five-decade gin binge. Gin became the alternative to French brandy after Parliament placed an embargo on French trade. An excess of grain caused corn prices to drop making gin relatively inexpensive and “by 1750 nearly half of all British wheat harvests went directly into gin production.” The spirit was consumed predominantly among those who lived in destitution and worked lengthy
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concluded to relinquish my school and turn my attention to perfecting the Machine.” That machine was the cotton gin. Whitney gave up his career as a teacher to devote full time to manufacturing cotton gins and making money. Sadly for Whitney‚ the cotton gin generated no profits because other manufacturers copied his design without paying him fees. He had obtained a patent on the cotton gin but it proved to be unenforceable. Whitney’s priorities‚ henceforth‚ were money and manufacturing. Whitney never
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Chapter 30: The West at the Dawn of the 21st Century~. ----------------------------------- The 20th century movement of people: The Soviet communists’ forced removal of the Russian peasants and the Nazi’s deportations and execution of European Jews were only the most dramatic examples of this development. Many moved from the countryside to the cities. Other vast forced movements due to the government caused millions of Germans Hungarians‚ Poles‚ Ukrainians‚ Bulgarians‚ Serbs‚ Finns‚ Chechens
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Westernizing the East: Peter the Great AP European History 27.11.2012 The lands of Tsarist Russia once stretched from Scandinavia to the Pacific. The largest landlocked Empire in the world‚ stretching thousandths of miles across woods‚ plains‚ mountains‚ deserts‚ and the endless Siberian Taiga. 1The Russian people consist one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world. In the west‚ descendants of Europeans known as the Kievan Rus founded Kyiv and the
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Chelsea Kim Mr. Brewer AP European History‚ Period 5 4-2-13 Chapter 26 Outline * An Uncertain Peace * The Decline of the West by German writer Oswald Spengler (1880-1936): reflected the idea that something was drastically wrong with Western values when he emphasized the decadence of Western civilization and posited its collapse * The Impact of World War I * As over 10 million people died in the war‚ an immediate response to these deaths was ceremonies to honor the
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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Project AP Euro Value -50 points Task a) Pick 2 event sets out of your 3 assigned connection sets. b) Each name or event in your connection set must be in bold text. c) Connect each event in your “connection set” to the next event. Think “cause and effect”. Why is the event important in European history and how does that event connect to the cause of the next event. d) Each set of connections must be one full typed page. So the total
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Katy Maldonado Period 5 Outlines Question: Assess the impact of the scientific revolution on religion and philosophy in the period 1550 to 1750. Thesis: During the period of 1550-1750 the Scientific Revolution encouraged new ideas about the universe and mankind. Many topics such as the heliocentric view challenged the church and changed the way people viewed God. In addition the scientific revolution impacted philosophy because it caused people to think more
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