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Japanese Industrialization My focus for this blog will be the final section centered on Japan. Japan was the only  nation outside of Europe that was able to launch its own Industrial Revolution during  the 19th century. Its quick modernization surprised other countries and made it a country to be admired. Many came to Japan to study its history and learn from its achievements.  So how did Japan do it? For a few centuries, Japan was ruled by shoguns. The shoguns’ purpose was to prevent  the daimyo, or the feudal lords, from fighting and causing a civil war. The shoguns wanted peace and stability. They had strict rules, and even divided up Japanese society into a  hierarchy: samurai, peasants, artisans, and merchants on the bottom. The goal of these  shoguns were to freeze Japan. They were worried a civil war would break out like before. Their str ict rules were not liked by the public. The people eventually started to complain.  ...

How to Write Your Blog -without stressing out every time you have to do it. Hi, everyone! Now that it’s the second half of the semester and classes are starting to become more demanding, I thought I’d give a few tips on how to write a blog stress-free! I feel that this is important. Especially with finals fast-approaching, we can’t afford the time to quickly write a blog in the last week of April. You don’t have to summarize. It’s good to reference the chapter because you need to show that you’ve read and actually learned some of the material. However, not everyone has the time to rewrite the textbook and not everyone has to. It’s okay to just point out a few key ideas and use that as a jumping point to write some analysis, connecting it to previous works you’ve seen in our class or outside of class. What’s best is if you can connect it to your personal life experiences, because then you remember more :) Summarizing is a blogging style , not necessity. Write abou...

Only One Example Chapter 18’s main point was that colonialism affected different parts of the world in different ways. It was long and filled with many examples, and I admittedly found it difficult to read and summarize. So for the purpose of this blog, I will dive into one of the longer examples in the book and analyze it to make sure some of my understanding of colonialism is clear. On page 811, the book introduces Wanjiku of Kenya. She was born in 1910 and lived throughout most of the 20th century. In her early life, Wanjiku wasn’t affected too much by colonialism as she stayed with her small tribe called Gikuyu. She practiced what was considered the tradition way of living in her community. She had chores like collecting firewood and getting water. She pierced her ears for maturity. She was even “circumcised” and had her genitals cleaned. At this stage of her life, colonial life had not affected her too much yet. Later on, Wanjiku got married in a traditional African setting. We...

Chapter 17 I find it most interesting in this chapter how the industrial revolution affected different classes of people in different ways. The Industrial Revolution changed old ways of living drastically. Mass production became common with the new inventions popping up everywhere. The aristocracy suffered only little. With a rapidly growing population, there was a higher demand for food products, so the landowners profited and still dominated the parliament. As a class, the aristocracy suffered because urban wealth became more highly valued than land. They had the same profit, but received less respect for it. The middle class benefited the most from the industrial revolution. The upper middle class of mine owners, bankers, and merchants, got rich quickly and lived the life of aristocrats. The middle class was filled with liberals, liking private property and enjoying a free market. Their interests resulted in the Reform Bill of 1832, which gave most men of...

Chapter 16 Part 2 Ideas of a constitution found advocates in other countries following the Atlantic Revolutions. They reflected ideas of republicanism, greater social equality, and national liberation from foreign rule. Three major movements arose that challenged oppression: abolitionism, nationalism, and feminism Enlightenment thinkers increasingly thought of slavery as something that violated a human being’s natural rights. It was also unfavorable in the eyes of the religious and not needed to succeed economically. As a result, slavery lost a lot of fans. Britain was forced to close down slave trade and ban slavery. This happened in other countries as well. It was only in the southern U.S. that abolition of slavery was so violent. Even when slavery was abolished, economic lives of freed slaves were not ideal; they had no economic autonomy over their own land and were poor. Eventually, these freedmen became highly dependent on sharecropping and low-paying ...

Chapter 16 Blog The book reveals that “modern” societies are a result of the intersection of the Scientific, French, and Industrial Revolutions and had transformative ideas that guided human behavior. The modern era thrust western Europe into a prominent role and led to a new age some called “anthropocene”, or “age of man”. This means that humans are slowly becoming active agents of biological evolution on Earth. Because of the power of Europeans in this era, they have been able to rewrite history, and geography; they have given themselves the image of being leaders of progress by implying that history is a race towards modernity. The modern era may be seen as Eurocentric, but there are ways to counter this view. For one, We must remember that eurocentrism in the scale of global history is brief. It also depended on the cooperation of local elites from other nations. Third, it was met with resistance and rebellion. Fourth, European ideas were adapted for...

Foundresses Week The foundresses week activity that I participated in is the Campus Tour with Sister Roseanne. We started at the church, where sister started telling us the stories of the mosaic glass pictures on the wall. As we walked to St. Joe’s, she told us about how the sisters came to the U.S. having nothing. They even helped in building their own home because the priest didn’t have it ready for them yet when they arrived. I learned that our sisters were extremely hard working, even when the situation looked bleak. At one point, after an earthquake, the sisters’ school had to be blown up to prevent a fire from spreading, and they managed to rebuild it after only a year. After visiting SJ, we went down the hill in front of Ralston mansion. We learned about Ralston and how he sent his wife and kids there because he didn’t want to see them. The sisters had to clean the mansion regularly in the past. It was in such good condition, even if it was old, b...