This weeks reading covered a lot of material. We started as a big topic to talk about the echoes of the revolutions that occurred as impact from the american revolution in 1775-1783 and the French revolution in 1787-1799. Those revolution were inspired with the idea of enlightenment and reaction that involved in a brutal and violent movement to reach independence and fight for human rights.
All humans wanted the same rights and even woman started to become independent and reach more rights for their benefit.
We also talked about the sisters of Notre Dame de Namur which established at the time of the France Revolution in France. Nuns wanted to study and travel and teach other people their knowledge. And luckily Francois Blin de Bourdon had the money to support Julie Billiart with her Idea. Francois was from a noble and wealthy household and because money dictated the world -still to that day- the Church agreed with the idea of the two woman.
Another Revolution that was going on was fought in Haiti. The majority of people living there were slaves and plantain owners and white, mixed raced people were the minority. People wanted equal rights and fairness but it escalated into one of the most brutal wars. It was the conflict between the african race and colonial forces. Slaves were killing mixed race and white people like there was no tomorrow. They would hang them and leave them hanging there for people to see. 1000 Plantations were destroyed but the slaves became free and earned to be called citizen.
This revolution was taking place from 1791-1804.
Another Revolution that was an echo of the French and American Revolution was the Spanish- American Revolution from 1810-1825.
It was similar to the North American revolution. People had self- government and they were divided into social classes. Also religion had a great impact, most of the people though rejected the catholic church. This Revolution wanted independence for Latin America. The last place where they earned independence was Brazil in 1822. This revolution was so lang lasting because the church and the landowners interfered with the people of the movement.
All those Revolution had three positive outcomes. Because of those wars that were thought we earned the Abolition of Slavery, which means the violation of natural rights and human rights no matter what raise are not tolerated anymore.
Black people can be free and are excepted. But we can still tell only to a certain point. There is still hate from other people coming against other raises. And Slavery wasn't official anymore but still part of American Lifestyle.
Out of this movement came another proudness in humans, which is called Nationalism.
Nationalism stands for Human - Community - Nation this is a political ideology that involves strong identification of a group of a Individual Nation. That was probably not one of the best ideas that Humans had. Because it brought hate towards other nations and the competing with other nations.
But it was also the beginning of the feminist movement. Woman started to speak up like for one example I mentioned the Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. And there was a written set of rules, called the declaration of rights. This book was allowing people to be more independent and live a free life. But it wasn't perfect. And till now we are still working on the rights for woman, human and animals and how to live a fair life.
The reading for Friday covers chapter eighteen of the Strayer book and covers the Revolutions of Industrialization from 1750-1914, The first Industrial Society, the comparison the in the United States and Russia, and it will cover deeper material of the Independence in Latin America.
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