World History

Francoise Blin de Bourbon and Julie Billiart were two amazing women who helped Sister of Notre Dame congregation become what it is today. However, both of these incredible women could not have grown up more different. Francoise grew up very privileged, her family was very well off and as Francoise grew older, she began to help others in need, as she did this she realized that she was lacking something even though she had grown up with everything. She continued her journey to help others who were less fortunate. Julies' childhood was nothing like Francoise's, she came from a middle class family that had to work hard to make their way in life. Julie early on loved helping people especially educating young children. As she grew older she was stricken with multiple sclerosis (MS). She was stuck in a bed and had to rely on the help of others however this did not waiver or deter her from continuing her work of helping others.   I think that foundress week is something that is ver...

This is the film adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedic play of the same title. It follows the courtship of two couples. The main characters of this movie are Don Pedro, prince of Medina, his brother Don John, and noblemen Claudio and Benedict. The main female characters are Hero and Beatrice. At the beginning of the play the men are returning from war and ready to settle down and find love. Claudio and Hero and truly and honestly in love and openly show it while Benedict and Beatrice hate each other with a passion. Claudio and Hero have no trouble admitting their love for one another and are soon engaged. They ask Don Pedro to help them trick Benedict and Beatrice to admit they in fact love each other also using a series of tricks, involving fake letters. The plan works perfectly. Then trouble starts when Don John, who hates his brother and Claudio decides to try to ruin things. He gets one of his military officers to have sex with one of Hero's maids in Hero's room n...

The Protestant Reformation was a major 16th century European movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. Its religious aspects were supplemented by ambitious political rulers who wanted to extend their power and control at the expense of the Church. The Reformation ended the unity imposed by medieval Christianity and, in the eyes of many historians, signaled the beginning of the modern era. A weakening of the old order was already under way in Northern Europe, as evidenced by the emergence of thriving new cities and a determined middle class. Over the centuries there had been many reform efforts within the Catholic Church, most notably a series of largely unsuccessful church councils. Popular support existed in some quarters for simplifying worship services and requiring a more dedicated clergy. In 1517, in one of the signal events of western history, Martin Luther, a German Augustinian monk, posted 95 theses on the church door in t...

The transatlantic slave trade is unique within the universal history of slavery for three main reasons: its duration - approximately four centuries, those vicitimized: black African men, women and children, the intellectual legitimization attempted on its behalf - the development of an anti-black ideology and its legal organization As a commercial and economic enterprise, the slave trade provides a dramatic example of the consequences resulting from particular intersections of history and geography. It involved several regions and continents: Africa, America, the Caribbean, Europe and the Indian Ocean. The transatlantic slave trade is often regarded as the first system of globalization. The transatlantic slave trade was the biggest deportation in history and a determining factor in the world economy of the 18th century. Millions of Africans were torn from their homes, deported to the American continent and sold as slaves. The transatlantic slave trade, ...

Causes of European migration:  After 1492, the motivations for European migration to the Americas centered around the three G’s: God, gold, and glory. Gold refers to the desire to extract natural resources like gold and sugar from the New World. European colonizers also had a desire to spread Christianity to the New World. Glory refers to the desire for European colonizers to increase their nation’s status as a world power and gain military strength through colonization. Technological innovation:  European colonization of the Americas was made substantially easier through several technological innovations like compasses, caravels, and astrolabes. It affected economic development by making it possible for large scale trade networks between the Old World and the New World to develop. Cultural exchanges and trade networks:  Initial contact between Native Americans and European colonizers began a process of cultural and biological exchanges between the Old World and...

Advantages for the Europeans: They had immunity to the infections diseases they brought with them. The only possible disease that went from the Western Hemisphere to Europe was syphilis. The European diseases did most of the killing of the First Americans. The Europeans had an effective writing system. The First Americans, while some were literate, most were not. The Mayan system of writing, for example, was insanely intricate. The Europeans had a higher technology; steel, and guns, were just two examples. Finally, one other European advantage was the population of Europe was large and growing. They could export their excess people to the colonies. The First American’s population was smaller and shrinking, due to all the European diseases ravaging the Western Hemisphere.By the way, that was not “genocide”. Genocide includes intent; the Spaniards, for example, wanted First Americans as slaves to work the farms and mines. NO ONE in the world in the 16th Century knew what infectious ...