1) Two effects that Opium had on Chinese society was an corruption and addiction.
2) The Chinese Emperor lost his country because China turned over their ports to Western control after the Opium War.
3) Great Britain's role in bringing Chinese society to the brink of collapse started when they traded Opium for China's goods. When Britain took control of China's trading ports it affected society in China, the power of the Chinese dynasty came to an end.
4) The "Open Door Policy", was equal foreign trading rights in China to avoid unequal problems. It benefited U.S. businesses allowing trading with China.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
MP3 H.W.# 3
"Sepoy Soldier's Outraged and Rebelling Against the British East Indian Company"
May 10, 1857, Sepoy soldiers heard rumors that cartridges for new rifles were coated in pork and beef fat. This disrespectful insult from the British East Indian Company to the religions of India sparked a rebellion. The British East Indian Company is accused of trying to convert Indians religions to Christianity with imperialism. The rebellion started in the town of Meerut, India, and the uprising moved toward Delhi. The British East Indian Company is still the dominant power in this rebellion, they have more resources than the Sepoy soldiers. Indians that are of Hindu and Muslim religions are working together to form a Sepoy Mutiny.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
MP3 H.W.# 2
1) How big is India? India is 1.2 million square miles large.
2) What is it's relative location? (between which bodies of water) India is between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.
3) What "raw materials" are among their crops? India's raw materials consisted of tea, indigo, coffee, cotton, and jute.
4) Who was the MUSLIM ruler who started the Mogul Empire in 1522? Barbar was the Muslim ruler that started the Mogul Empire in 1522.
5) Who attacked the Moguls in the 1600s? The Martha People of West Central India attacked the Moguls in the 1600s.
6) How were the Hindus treated my the Muslims after this attack? Hindus had to pay a special tax and had their temples destroyed after the attack.
7) What British Company came to India in the 1600s? The British East India Company came to India in the 1600s.
8) When did that company start to take over? The British East India Company started to take over in 1707, after the Mughal Empire collapsed.
9) Why? The British East India Company took over at first because of competition with other European Countries, but after they started to turn Indian princes against one another.
10) They built the trains. What were the trains used for? Trains in India were used for hauling construction materials, transporting raw materials, and bringing manufactured goods back.
11) They also built roads that helped people communicate. Was this a positive? (your opinion) The building of roads was a positive improvement because it allowed people to communicate and connect. All tribal wars stopped because of people connecting.
12) What percentage of India was Muslim? 12% of India was Muslim.
13) What percentage of India was Hindu? 82% of India was Hindu.
14) Why did the Sepoy Rebellion start? The tension between religion, the British's lack for respect of India's religion, and the meat lining attempt to convert Hindus to Christianity encouraged the Sepoy Rebellion.
15) WHERE did it start? The Sepoy Rebellion started in Meerut and then eventually marched to Delhi.
16) What was the punishment for the people who rebelled? The punishment for people that rebelled was to be placed in front of a cannon to be blown apart.
MP3 H.W.# 1
1)
Sepoy- Indian soldiers
Jewel in the crown- The most valuable of all Britain's colonies.
Sepoy Mutiny- The uprising spread over much of northern India with rebelling Sepoys and Indian soldiers.
Raj- British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.
2)
Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
Effect: The East Indian company led troops to victory and claimed control of the Mughal territory.
Cause: Colonial Policies
Effect: The British set up restrictions that prevented the Indian economy from operating on its own. British policies called for India to produce raw materials for British manufacturing and to buy British finished goods. Indian competition with British finished goods were prohibited.
Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
Effect: British took direct command of India.
The Effects of the Colonial Policies later became the cause of the Sepoy Mutiny.
3) British Imperialism contributed to the unity and growth of nationalism in India. The British tried to convert Indians to Christianity. Gossip spread among the Sepoys and Indian soldiers that pork and beef fat was used to seal the cartridges for the new guns, this was a betrayal to the Muslim and Hindu religion. The Sepoys and Indians became nationalized and tried to overthrow the British. The betraying actions that the British tried to show Indians and Sepoys encouraged nationalism.
Sepoy- Indian soldiers
Jewel in the crown- The most valuable of all Britain's colonies.
Sepoy Mutiny- The uprising spread over much of northern India with rebelling Sepoys and Indian soldiers.
Raj- British rule over India from 1757 until 1947.
2)
Cause: Decline of the Mughal Empire
Effect: The East Indian company led troops to victory and claimed control of the Mughal territory.
Cause: Colonial Policies
Effect: The British set up restrictions that prevented the Indian economy from operating on its own. British policies called for India to produce raw materials for British manufacturing and to buy British finished goods. Indian competition with British finished goods were prohibited.
Cause: Sepoy Mutiny
Effect: British took direct command of India.
The Effects of the Colonial Policies later became the cause of the Sepoy Mutiny.
3) British Imperialism contributed to the unity and growth of nationalism in India. The British tried to convert Indians to Christianity. Gossip spread among the Sepoys and Indian soldiers that pork and beef fat was used to seal the cartridges for the new guns, this was a betrayal to the Muslim and Hindu religion. The Sepoys and Indians became nationalized and tried to overthrow the British. The betraying actions that the British tried to show Indians and Sepoys encouraged nationalism.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
HW# 21
Congress of Berlin- The meeting of the Great European Powers. The meeting's aim was to reorganize the countries of the Balkans.
Partition of Africa- Occupation and annexation of Africa by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the First World War in 1914.
Scramble for Africa- European rush to colonize parts of Africa at the end of the 19th century.
1) New Imperialism was about an industrialized economy and the scramble for natural resources benefited the countries that had the greater amount of territory with natural resources.
2) Europe colonized Africa for financial gain by exploiting the land for crops, minerals, and slaves. Later, Europeans believed they should help Africans become modernly civilized.
3) The Industrial Revolution is connected to Europe's colonization of Africa. Africa is rich with natural resources that is used as fuel for the Industrial Revolution. Europe's colonization of Africa was to control as much territory as possible that could be used to extract resources.
Partition of Africa- Occupation and annexation of Africa by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and the First World War in 1914.
Scramble for Africa- European rush to colonize parts of Africa at the end of the 19th century.
1) New Imperialism was about an industrialized economy and the scramble for natural resources benefited the countries that had the greater amount of territory with natural resources.
2) Europe colonized Africa for financial gain by exploiting the land for crops, minerals, and slaves. Later, Europeans believed they should help Africans become modernly civilized.
3) The Industrial Revolution is connected to Europe's colonization of Africa. Africa is rich with natural resources that is used as fuel for the Industrial Revolution. Europe's colonization of Africa was to control as much territory as possible that could be used to extract resources.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
H.W.# 20
1)
laissez faire- The economic policy of letting owners of indusrty and business set working conditions without interference.
Adam Smith- A professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, that defended the idea of a free economy.
capitalism- An economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit.
utilitarianism- A philosophy that argued that people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions of the basis of their usefuliness.
socialism- An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
Karl Marx- A German journalist, who introduced the world to a radical type of socialism called Marxism. communism- A complete for of socialism where all forms of production and property would be owned by the people and private property would cease to exist. All goods and services would be shared equally.
union- Volunteering associations which workers joined to press reforms.
collective bargaining- Negotiations between workers and their employers for better working conditions and better pay.
strike- Refusal to work.
3) The main problems faced by the union during the 1800s were actually forming a union, being an unskilled worker because of collective barganing, and forming strikes. British government denied workers the right to form unions, they saw it as a threat to social order and stability. In 1824, Parliment repealed the Combination Acts because workers formed unions regardless the risk of getting laid off or in trouble. In 1875 British Trade union workers won the right to strike and picket peacefully. Several unions formed together a organization called the American Fedearation of Labor. The "AFL" won members higher wages and shorter hours. Reform Laws helped factory workers, child labor laws were put in to effect and abuse was ended, the amount of hours a person could work was shortened to a reasonable limit.
4) According to Marx and Engels, economic forces alone dominate society. In my opinion, economic forces are very important to society. Economic forces help employers find the right people for jobs. Economic forces are not the only factor which dominates society. Type of government and classes are also factors that dominate society. Democracy was needed during the Industrial Revolution to set laws of reform for the hard working workers. The classes of people were important during the Industrial Revolution. The middle class rose to be more powerful than nobles by using economic forces to their advantage.
laissez faire- The economic policy of letting owners of indusrty and business set working conditions without interference.
Adam Smith- A professor at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, that defended the idea of a free economy.
capitalism- An economic system in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making a profit.
utilitarianism- A philosophy that argued that people should judge ideas, institutions, and actions of the basis of their usefuliness.
socialism- An economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.
Karl Marx- A German journalist, who introduced the world to a radical type of socialism called Marxism. communism- A complete for of socialism where all forms of production and property would be owned by the people and private property would cease to exist. All goods and services would be shared equally.
union- Volunteering associations which workers joined to press reforms.
collective bargaining- Negotiations between workers and their employers for better working conditions and better pay.
strike- Refusal to work.
3) The main problems faced by the union during the 1800s were actually forming a union, being an unskilled worker because of collective barganing, and forming strikes. British government denied workers the right to form unions, they saw it as a threat to social order and stability. In 1824, Parliment repealed the Combination Acts because workers formed unions regardless the risk of getting laid off or in trouble. In 1875 British Trade union workers won the right to strike and picket peacefully. Several unions formed together a organization called the American Fedearation of Labor. The "AFL" won members higher wages and shorter hours. Reform Laws helped factory workers, child labor laws were put in to effect and abuse was ended, the amount of hours a person could work was shortened to a reasonable limit.
4) According to Marx and Engels, economic forces alone dominate society. In my opinion, economic forces are very important to society. Economic forces help employers find the right people for jobs. Economic forces are not the only factor which dominates society. Type of government and classes are also factors that dominate society. Democracy was needed during the Industrial Revolution to set laws of reform for the hard working workers. The classes of people were important during the Industrial Revolution. The middle class rose to be more powerful than nobles by using economic forces to their advantage.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
HW# 19
#1)
Industrial Revolution- Greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th century.
Enclosure- Large fields with fences or hedges.
Crop Rotation- A developed improved way of farming.
Industrialization- The process of developing machine production of goods.
Factors of production- Resources needed to produce goods and services that the Industrial Revolution required. Land, labor, and capital.
Factory- Mass production machines in a large building.
Entrepreneur- A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of a business.
Industrial Revolution- Greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th century.
Enclosure- Large fields with fences or hedges.
Crop Rotation- A developed improved way of farming.
Industrialization- The process of developing machine production of goods.
Factors of production- Resources needed to produce goods and services that the Industrial Revolution required. Land, labor, and capital.
Factory- Mass production machines in a large building.
Entrepreneur- A person who organizes, manages, and takes on the risk of a business.
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