INVISIBLE HAND

I actually enjoyed reading about Adam Smiths theory. He's right all people have different demands. His theory mainly helps free market. It may actually be a good way to make money. Maybe the market should be left alone.  I like his theory and not it is used as the basic for all economic decision making.
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Chp.18 pg.541-556

During the Industrial Revolution factories were used and there was new inventions. Machines were used to do work and the process spread equally. The workig class were the wage earners and the middle class owned the factories. The middle class had all the money.The The Industrial era spread globally. Industrialization made lots of changes.

Chp.18 pg.527-541

This chapter is all about the Industrial Revolution. The revolution took place in Great Britain. The steam engine was a big development. It was used to transport stuff and was attached to the train. People use to also dig for coal. Digging for coal was dangerous and the people didn't have the appropriate equipment. Because it was such hard work and small hands were needed to get the Coal, lots of kids worked. Middle class owned the factories in the city and peasants worked for stuff. For example,milk and bread.
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Chp. 17 pg.507-524

This chapter was mainly about the Haitian Revolution. It was the richest counrty because they made coffee and sugar. The females started getting jobs, and being able to do thing in the society. The part that sucks is that most of the people where slaves and the rest where white. Haitian also was the first country to gain independence, I didn't lnow that.
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Chp.17 pg.504-507

The reading was all about the French Revolutin. The reading was short so I liked that! The French government tried to make a fair system but it was opposed. They were going into bankruptcy. The king also wanted to raise taxes to make things equal. I also thought Napoline was a cool guy and helped out France alot.
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CHP.17 PG.499-504

The American Revolution gave birth to the United States and the Haitia Revolution was the first slave revolt in history. The modern states of Latin America emerged. Even though slavery was abolished in the northern states it was still a huge thing in the southern states. Reading wasn't the best again.

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Intro to Part 5

The intro just let me know hat the next chapter is about modern society and Europe progress. Europe took over America and was well known, I didn't know that! The Europeans were smart and had good ideas. People use to try to take advantage and steal the European ideas.
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THE AMERICANS

Thats weird to me how all those people considered themselves American. Also kind of crazy how Native Americans think they were the first people here even though its not truth.  Africans were the first people. The article also talked about Canada and the United States not being united as one country. US and Canada together adds up too about 300 million people. That was a fact that stood out to me that I didn't know. 

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What is Enlightenment?

Man I don't know what the hell this dude was talking bout. I kind of though he was speaking in a completely different language. I think he was talking about freedom from self-imposed for example a religion or king. People today can't predict future generations. What is tutelage? Reading was a little too difficult to understand. 

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Chp.16 pg.477-488

The first discovery was that the Sun is the center of the Universe. I didn't know the Islamic world was advanced scientifically. Galleio invented the telescope. Kaozheng came from China to seek the truth from facts.  Personally I think it's dumb that kids had to learn religion at school during the revolution.The end of the chapter is mainly about the scientific revolution.
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Chp 16 pg.461-477

This chapter is mainly about Christianity. Year zero was the year Christ was born. It all started with the Roman Empire. Christianity became global because of struggles with Islam and because empire spread it. Christianity spread fast. This part of the reading didn't really catch my attention to much. One thing that did was the Hindu practice of sati, which is when a widow follows her husband when he dies by throwing herself on his funeral pyre. 

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Chp.15 pg.449-458

the end of the chapter was mainly about the slave trade. Slavery was very big in America. White people made huge profit trading slaves. I'm glad times have changed and slavery isn't important anymore.The picture on pg.451 made me a little frustrated. I didn't like seeing all the Africans squished together below deck on the slave ship. It's very disturbing!

Chp 15 pg.433-448

The chapter talks about the different trade routes. Portugal was a trading post empire and wanted control. Spain traded to the Philippines. Dutch traded to the islands, they liked spices. English traded cotton to India. Commerce is what drove globalization. Spices was the main thing traded because their was always a high demand. Nutmeg, pepper, and Cinnamon were popular. 
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Sweet Nexus:Sugar and the Orgins of the Modern Wold

Wow this handout was extremely long!!! My brain felt fried after reading this lol. Reading this handout actually frustrated me. It showed a lot of racism towards blacks. White people thought slavery was perfectly okay and it wasn't!! Without the slaves sugar wouldn't have spread so fast. The slave workers did hard work that the whites didn't want to do. "Black Labor, White sugar" what an annoying quote! Gosh Africans and African Americans deserve any apology! 

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Chp 14 pg.417-430

The people that caught my attention were Enriquillo and Bartolome de a Casas. Enriquillo was a famous man who led a rebellion and established a grant from Spain. Bartolome de a Casas was a European priest that wrote papers about what he saw and he was also a rights fighter. They were both brave powerful men. The Russian Empire was the worlds largest country, well organized, and traded furs and alcohol. Vice Royalty of Mexico was my favorite because they weren't racist and didn't have slaves. They were also wealthy  and had lots of food so no one starved.
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Chapter 14 pg.403-417

I thought the reading was very boring. Only a few things caught my attention for example all the powerful people wore gold. I also enjoy wearing gold. Lots of people traded gold and silver. The empires made a huge impact and without them we wouldn't be where we are today. Sugar was also important to everyone.Sugar was how people made there money. The chapter is also kind of depressing because it talks about the Great Dying when lots of people got sick and died from diseases. 90% of the people were Native Americans. The last thing that seemed funny to me was that Columbus sent recipes to people.
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