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    The world has evolved very much since the beginning of time. For the world to be known and to go on like it has been there had to be a starting point; where everything had changed and improved. The economic‚ social‚ political‚ cultural dynamic has changed since the beginning of time. The world has become interconnected into a web in the period between the1500s and the 1800s. There has been an extreme changed in the cultural‚ economic‚ and social dynamics throughout the 1500s to the 1800s time period

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    important as Americans to have this knowledge. I will be telling you about 13.2 and 14.6 because these two sections were important in today’s world some examples of these sections are president Jackson vetoing bills and lots of people having to overcome stereotypes. First‚ I will be addressing the essential question of chapter 13 “What did it mean to be an American in the early 1800s?” To be an American in the 1800’s was to show patriotism for your country. Two reasons the early 1800’s was an important

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    The world has experienced many changes in past generations; this paper will briefly outline different stages in life between 1500 and 1800 according to Blainey (2002) and will conclude with my reflection on how life has changed since 1800. According to Blainey” life in 1800 was spent by most families scavenging and hunting for food‚ living off grains in the form of damper‚ cereal‚ and soup” ( 2000‚ p 410).Gathering food including bird eggs and wild berries would be how daily life revolved (Blainey

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    the physical world. This is what the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution valued and believed. Many of the “modern” scientists of the Scientific Revolution were recognizing their pre-modern and ancient roots‚ but above all‚ the way they were thinking was starting to change. This was the beginning of the Revolution. In my opinion‚ one of the major and original revolutionaries of thought was Descartes. With his philosophy of “I think therefore I am” he created a whole new world of possibility

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    changes were those of Europe from the 1500-1800s. During this time‚ cultural‚ social and economic beliefs were remoulded or evolved to help create the foundations of societies today. Out of the three areas the most influential were the economic changes which not only took place in Western Europe but throughout other continents as well. Most recognizable of these changes was the importance of slavery in the Atlantic World. Slavery in the Trans- Atlantic world referred to the use of people from Africa

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    The book "The Great Encounter of China and the West‚ 1500-1800" was written by History Professor D.E.Mungello. His work provides us many information and ideas of the intercultural exchanges and interactions between Ming‚ Manchu and the West‚ through the last two dynasties of China. This book also shows us the acceptance and rejection of cultures‚ Christianity‚ and Confucianism of Chinese and Europeans. The book was divided into five chapters: (1) Historical Overview‚ (2) Chinese Acceptance of Western

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    Passing of the Torch; Europe from 1500-1800 When you step back and observe history from afar you’re missing part of the story. Observing the rise of Europe‚ you cannot simply take into account it happened. To understand the past you need to look into past‚ in documents and first-hand accounts to observe the underlining issues. To best explain the major shift in energy from the Indian Ocean Basin to the North Atlantic in 1500 to 1800 you have to observe the world and the people in context. Europe

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    see how the government that we see today evolved. From the 1790’s‚ American politics was a reflection of the hardships and degree of work needed to maintain an effective government. Throughout this time period the leaders of America faced many domestic and foreign affairs that were key to the formation of a new nation. With the election of Washington as the first president the chain of domestic affairs that helped shape American politics began with no other events in any time period could achieve

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    In the 1800’s‚ the “Scramble for Africa‚” marked the beginning of racial oppression towards Blacks. Originally desired for their resource abundant land and hard working people‚ the African origin peoples were taken as a means to build up the New World. This subjugation evolved‚ as they became racialized through the pigmentation of their skin. Europe’s

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    Communism affect the “modern American way in many ways‚ the fear of Communist infiltration the U.S. government‚ entertainment industry and other organizations were affected. Including American politics‚ culture‚ and even daily life‚ particularly in the early years of the Cold War. Communism was basically a theory or system based on the ownership of all property and goods by the community as a whole. President Harry Truman issued the truman doctrine on March 1947 which did not allowing communism to

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