Assessment #1 by Noelle Peltier

Industrialization 1769 - Invention of the Water Frame

2113884_1 — 2025-01-15 18:18:10 UTC

The invention of the Water Frame greatly improved the textile and clothing industries in 1769, as it made cotton easier to be spun, allowing for yarn to be produced with better quality, in a shorter amount of time. This helped factories produce textiles much faster and gain more profit from the sold items.

Industrialization 1853 - Matthew Perry Delivers a Letter to Japan

2113884_1 — 2025-01-17 18:26:43 UTC

Matthew Perry delivered a letter to Japan announcing that the US was demanding the Japanese border to open for trade. This made the Japanese emperor make the decision to open the border, allowing the US to trade with Japan. The trading helped Japan become the strongest economy, and have the strongest military in all of Asia.

Industrialization 1819 - Dr. Ward Interviewed for Safety of Textile Factories

2113884_1 — 2025-01-22 18:29:51 UTC

Dr. Ward was interviewed discussing the topic of the health conditions in textile factories with child workers, and he explains having worked with many injuries from children in the factories such as having missing fingers, muscle and skin stripped from bone, and more. This has an impact on the time period because his interview could have been used as examples of why the working conditions in factories need to become safer and more reasonable for their workers.

Imperialism 1837 - Queen Victoria Becomes Queen of Many

2113884_1 — 2025-01-27 17:50:29 UTC

Queen Victoria became the queen of ¼ of the earth’s surface just at the age of 18 and as Queen, Great Britain became the most powerful nation the world has seen. She impacted this time period greatly by making an incredibly strong “nation” and overthrowing many other countries while already ruling so many countries, and this allowed for the nation to become very powerful and advanced.

Imperialism 1884 - The Berlin Conference Splits Africa

2113884_1 — 2025-01-27 18:01:58 UTC

The Berlin Conference took place after people began discovering gold and diamonds in Africa, and many countries heard this news and wanted to join the search for the riches. The conference with 14 countries, discussing what Africa’s future, deeply impacted this time period because this conference completely changed Africa and its people when it began to be taken over by people to find gold and diamonds, resulting in changed the relationships between Africa and all 14 countries involved with the “race”.

Industrialization 1839 - Chinese Emperor Requests Great Britain to Stop Smuggling Opium

2113884_1 — 2025-01-29 18:26:02 UTC

The Chinese emperor sent a letter to Queen Victoria in 1839 requesting that the British stop smuggling an addictive drug, Opium, across the Chinese border. Queen Victoria refuses to do anything about the situation and continues to let the Opium be smuggled across borders, resulting in an angry emperor due to the lack of initiative of Queen Victoria and this started the Opium Wars of 1839. The time period was impacted due to China losing the war and holding a grudge over Britain, causing tension between two large countries.

Imperialism 1757 - India is Colonized by England

2113884_1 — 2025-02-05 05:27:49 UTC

After the land in India became taken over by England, England made the decision to colonize them and begin using the area for trade. This greatly impacted the time period because as the area became colonized, textiles, silk, spices, and other foods became widely traded allowing for improvement of industries worldwide.