World History

Michelle Curran Professor Andrews Midterm Study Guide 1) What does it mean to be “modern”? What major events or ideas defined or began the Modern era? - 2) What was the Great Dying? Was this a genocide? Was it a cultural genocide? - 3) Why did Europeans come to the Americas, and why did they have an advantage over potential competitors & over native peoples? Cite 5-6 reasons in your answer. - 4) What was unique about slavery as it was practiced in North America as compared to Brazil and the Caribbean? - 5) The three major regions colonized in the Americas as we compared them in class were Spanish South America, Brazil/Caribbean, and North America. Who were the colonizers in these three regions? What products or industries drove these economies? Which groups of people did the labor? What were the resulting long-term demographic changes in these different regions? - 6) How did European exploitation during the colonial era pave the way for economic disparities bet...

Michelle Curran 2-26-18 Chapter 17 Summary This chapter was about the modern industry in Europe. The industrial revolution took place around 1750-1900. "it drew on the scientific revolution and accompanied the unfolding legacy of the French revolution to utterly transform European society and to propel Europe into a temporary position of global dominance" (738). Also brought up was the Agricultural revolution. This was the time where humankind used the "natural world" to their advantage. People would use things like c"coal, oil, grass, and the nucleus of atoms". This all began in western Europe. Western Europe led the world to a transformation that shapes our world today.  Then strayer goes on to explain the industrial revolution. It all took place in the 19th century. Key places (western Europe, China, and Japan). Mostly in Europe was where modern change started taking place. Later in the chapter, it explains why Europe was the first. It was mo...

Chapter 16 summary  This chapter was about the Atlantic Revolutions (Global Echoes). It starts off explaining the Haitian revolution. 1775 and 1825 is the time period of the revolution. It explains how the Haitian revolution was inspired by North America and the French Revolution. That leads to the definition of "Global Echoes". Global meaning the world (different countries and continents) and copying or echoing each other. Seems like the trend in this topic is revolting. In other words the Atlantic revolutions.  As an overview of this chapter, we go through the comparisons of each revolution taken place at this time. "They were triggered by different circumstances, expressed quite different social and political tensions, and varied considerably in their outcomes" (701). Moving forward the second revolution introduced is the Noth American revolution. This revolution took place from 1775 all the way through 1787. The next revolution took place in 1789-1815. ...

Michelle Curran 2-6-18 Professor Andrews Annotated Bibliography and Research Project My am writing about the country Cuba. My family is from Cuba, so I interviewed my grandfather to get a first-hand source of what it is like living in a communist country. I am specifically looking at reasons why the Cuban people want to get out of their home country. Sources: “Fidel and Cuba” - Jose Florin (the interview with my grandfather) “The Exclusive Island CUBA, La Isla elusive”- Tria Giovan, Marilu Menendez “Evolution in the Revolution Cuba” - National Geographic, John J. Putman “Havana History and Agriculture of a Romantic City” - Hugh Thomas “Havana between Two Centuries” - Carlos Venegas Fornias Fidel and Cuba, By Jose Florin - Jose Florin is my grandfather. Born and raised in Havana Cuba. He and my grandmother Gloria Florin have three girls (one including my mother) who were also born in Cuba. I have always been curious about my families history in ...