https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo Melissa Ruvinov, Logan Goldstein en-us 2021-01-25 19:48:22 UTC 2024-06-09 00:28:05 UTC hello@padlet.com logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133419015 During the time period of the Enlightenment, it was discovered by Nicolaus Copernicus, and challenged the views of the church at the time; leading the church to consider him a heretic. This later helped with many different scientific discoveries. ]]> 2021-01-27 19:19:16 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133419015 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133448699 As the people of Great Britain began to enter the agricultural revolution, they decided to shift from a system of open fields to closed in single owned farms.  This lead to an increase in factory jobs which is partly why the industrial revolution became such a success. ]]> 2021-01-27 19:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133448699 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133485693 In 1750 people began to add turnips into their crop haul to add nutrients back into the soil, specifically nitrogen. This was discovered by accident, but led to a boom in food production. This helped with advances with agriculture and new farming techniques for the future. ]]> 2021-01-27 19:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133485693 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133518516 In 1769, people began to shift from the process of doing one job completely by themselves; to doing one specialized part of the whole task. This began the change to mass production, and began to kick of the industrial revolution.]]> 2021-01-27 19:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133518516 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133549541 During the French revolution, King Luis XVI, after trying to flee the country, was executed in front of the entire public.  The execution of King Luis XVI prompted that citizens wanted more of a input of their land. ]]> 2021-01-27 19:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133549541 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133782846 Napoleon Bonaparte, the 5'6 war general menace takes power in 1789, on the promise of order in the time of chaos that the French people had been experiencing. The people trusted his military mind to bring them order. Napoleon's ways of ruling the French empire affected the future of the whole empire and the way it was viewed by other nations. ]]> 2021-01-27 20:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133782846 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133854168 The people of France, in an outrage, form the legislative assembly. Under the constitution they limit the power of the king and force him to flee the country to escape the angry third estate. This revealed early stages of nationalism. ]]> 2021-01-27 21:09:06 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133854168 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133899861 After Napoleon, the European nations decided to hold a meeting to determine how to create peace among the people after the rule of Napoleon. They joined to reorganize the states of Europe.   It served as a model for later organizations such as the League of Nations in 1919 and the United Nations in 1945.]]> 2021-01-27 21:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133899861 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133960914 Thomas Savery, an Englishman, invented the steam engine as a way to effectively pump water out of flooded mines and allow people to work longer hours and harder shifts. The steam engine helped to power the Industrial Revolution. Before steam power, most factories and mills were powered by water, wind, horse, or man. Water was a good source of power, but factories had to be located near a river.]]> 2021-01-27 21:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133960914 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133985057 The countries of Europe are beginning to become interested in the colonization of Africa, for its raw materials and vast amounts of land. Because of this, a conference is held; in which the European countries decide who gets what without contacting Africa at all. This was significant because countries didn't include the colonized countries at the meeting giving them no input. ]]> 2021-01-27 21:55:31 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1133985057 logangoldstein https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134001705 While trekking through Africa, Dr. Livingstone discovers quinine, a drug that can be used to fight against malaria, the drug that had been decimating the explorers who had been in Africa up until this point. This helped with future medical advancements. ]]> 2021-01-27 22:02:17 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134001705 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134206372 The Treaty of Nanking was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties. This was important because it never addressed to issue with opium, and it only benefited the British. ]]> 2021-01-27 23:58:49 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134206372 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134207992 The Treaty of Kanagawa was an 1854 agreement between the United States of America and the government of Japan. In what became known as "the opening of Japan," the two countries agreed to engage in limited trade and to agree to the safe return of American sailors who had become shipwrecked in Japanese waters. This treaty opened up Japan after so many years of being isolated. ]]> 2021-01-27 23:59:54 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134207992 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134211086 Conflict between Japan and China in 1894–95 that marked the emergence of Japan as a major world power and demonstrated the weakness of the Chinese empire. The war grew out of conflict between the two countries for supremacy in Korea. Korea had long been China’s most important client state, but its strategic location opposite the Japanese islands and its natural resources of coal and iron attracted Japan’s interest. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134211086 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134213182 The Open Door policy was a statement of principles initiated by the United States in 1899 and 1900. It called for protection of equal privileges for all countries trading with China and for the support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. The Open Door policy allowed for the U.S. to have relations with China for the first time, this includes trade ports. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134213182 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134216262 War in which a coalition of German states led by Prussia defeated France. The war marked the end of French hegemony in continental Europe and resulted in the creation of a unified Germany. The Franco- Prussian war allowed for the unification of Italy and Germany. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134216262 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134218690 On April 6, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies-Britain, France, and Russia to fight in World War I. More than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. Many Americans were not in favor of the U.S. entering the war and wanted to remain neutral. However, the U.S. eventually did enter the war.  The entering of the U.S. helped with the Allies win in WWI. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134218690 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134219504 A message from the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmermann, to the German ambassador to Mexico proposing a Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between the United States and Germany, is published on the front pages of newspapers across America. The Zimmermann Telegram was the direct cause of the U.S. entering WWI, leading to shortly after the end of the war. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134219504 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134219905 In mid-February, the talks broke down when an angry Trotsky deemed the Central Powers’ terms too harsh and their demands for territory unacceptable. Fighting resumed briefly on the Eastern Front, but the German armies advanced quickly, and both Lenin and Trotsky soon realized that Russia, in its weakened state, would be forced to give in to the enemy terms. Negotiations resumed later that month and the final treaty was signed on March 3, 1918.]]> 2021-01-28 00:07:36 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134219905 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134220779 The Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919 at the Palace of Versailles in Paris at the end of World War I, codified peace terms between the victorious Allies and Germany. The Treaty of Versailles held Germany responsible for starting the war and imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization. This left Germany bitter which lead to the beginning of WWII. ]]> 2021-01-28 00:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134220779 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134383670 The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there. ]]> 2021-01-28 01:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134383670 melissaruvinov https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134440984 In June 1914, Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie traveled to Bosnia which had been annexed by Austria-Hungary for a state visit. On June 28, the couple went to the capital city of Sarajevo to inspect imperial troops stationed there. As they headed toward their destination, they narrowly escaped death when Serbian terrorists threw a bomb at their open-topped car. This had a big effect in history because it was one of the direct causes for the beginning of WWI. ]]> 2021-01-28 02:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/melissaruvinov/8t3a7253iagw2owo/wish/1134440984