World History

Chapter 1: Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Bourdon  This reading is related to the sisters of Notre Dame. It starts off with the time this took place which was pre-revolutionary France 21st century. It talks about the sisters and their message. Then the reading goes into detail of the relationship of Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Bourdon. A quote that stood out to me was "What Francoise and Julie called their "primitive spirit" expressed itself in characteristic ways, among them respect for all individuals regardless of age, gender, disability, or social class; a strong preference for providing education to those who were most vulnerable due to poverty or neglect; and a commitment to active engagement with a world in need." (chapter 1: Julie Billiart and Francoise Bilin de Bourdon) It goes on to describe Francoise`s early life and education (1756- 1781). We learn that Francoise`s family was an aristocratic family. Her father was a good man:"H...

Michelle Curran 1-25-18 Chapter 15  Chapter 15 starts off with Nigerian pastor Daniel Ajayi-Adeniran, who a missionary figure in America. The first introduction to this section is talking about two cultural trends: Christianity and Scientific outlook. Strayer explains Christianity and how it spread through specific cultures. For example the Aisain people, African people, and Native Americans. When referring to the Science side the western Christianity felt threatened. These people were not used to new ways of thinking. 

Michelle Curran 1-23-18 Chapter 14 part two In the second part of this chapter Strayer goes on to inform us about the people in the Atlantic slave trade. The Atlantic slave trade is a time where the Americas turned people into servants, also known as slaves. The phrase "indentured servitude" came up in this chapter. From the way I read it in the text and understood was it has to do with people coming from other countries (immigrants) but cannot afford it so someone from the Americas will pay for them to come and the person from the other country would have to work for them to pay off the money the other person gave them. The immigrants who had to do this were practically slaves to the people who lived in America. They had to work under the owner's power for 7 years doing all the dirty work the owners would not want to do. And if a child was born into this situation the child would have to help pay off the debt they were in.   Regarding Africa, the process of the A...

Michelle Curran 1-16-18 Part one of chapter 14  Economic transformations regarding commerce and conquest in the time of 1450-1750. This chapter starts off with explaining the life in Africa. More specifically the explanation of slaves. on page 601 Strayer states "the Atlantic slave trade reminds us of the enormous significance of this commerce in human beings for the early modern world and of its continuing echoes even in the twenty-first century"(601).  This chapter has a lot to do with trade and commerce. It talks about trades for Asian silver, spices, slaves, Chinese silk, Indian cotton, rhubarb for medical purposes, emeralds, rubies, and sapphire. this section states that there were new relationships with countries forming. They did not necessarily get along but they worked together to get the things they needed/ wanted. They needed each other for commerce.

Michelle Curran 1-16-18 Chapter 13  - As an overview of chapter 13, it starts off with political transformations (empires and encounters). The time period of this chapter goes through the 1450s all the way to the 1750s.  - Strayer first brings up Putin (the ruler of Russia) and writes about how Putin tries to take power from other countries (Ukraine). Moving forward, it goes on to the 20th and 21st centuries. This section explains the imperialist and how they worked. Then went on to talk about the Western Hemisphere (the Spanish, Portuguese, British, French, Dutch). Types of people who were brought up were the Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. It states that for the first time in world history these cultures meet and have contact with one another.  That also includes the types of different religions like Islam, Buddism, Christianity, Hinduism, Muslum, and animistic relgions. A phrase that would sum up this whole section would be cultural encount...

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