Rebecca Lee

The Industrial Revolution occurred between 1750 and 1900, beginning in Western Europe, particularly Great Britain. From there it spread rapidly, growing out of ideas from the Scientific and French Revolutions. It began when the world population rapidly grew from 375 million people in 1400 to about 1 billion in the early 1800s. However, the Industrial Revolution had enormous impacts on the environment as humans turned to unsustainable ways of increasing production. The early signs of the Industrial Revolution started with innovations that focused on the cotton textile industry and from there it grew into a global transformation affecting Asia, Africa, and Latin American countries as well. The Industrial Revolution started in Western Europe for a few reason. The first was that Europe was already divided into separate competing states. Another reason was that European countries needed revenue that did not come from effective taxes. This led to the government working closely with the merch...

I found the Introduction to part five, The European Moment In World History, interesting because it discusses European advancement in a way that in not Eurocentric. It talks about the "long nineteenth century" (Strayer 689), which lasted from 1750 to 1914. This time period saw the creation of "modern" human society that emerged from the Scientific, French, and Industrial Revolutions. The long nineteenth century also saw the influential power of these new modern societies. This was also the beginning of a new era called the Anthropocene or the age of man. This is because humans had an increasing impact on the environment and rapidly reshaped the planet. Since the Europeans gained so much power they rewrote geography and history, placing themselves at the center. This section also explained how it was going to avoid an Eurocentric view. First, is to remind the readers that the European movement occurred only recently and it was brief; other countries around the world ...

For Foundresses Week I went to Foundresses Fest. It was held today, Wednesday February 6th, and was in the quad from 11am to 2pm. This event was to celebrate, "our legacy with music, games, art & crafts, raffle prizes and a taco car". It started off with a prayer and then people could go to different tables that had different activities. There was one put on by student assembly and another by the Blood Drive and a few others. I learned a lot about our Foundresses from the reading Chapter 1: Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Bourdon . I found it very interesting to compare the lives of Julie Billiart and Francoise Blin de Boudon. Although, both of their lives were very different they were drawn together by a common purpose. I also liked how the reading about their lives related to this history class, because it explained the events of the French Revolution that affected the lives of our Foundresses. Francoise was from an aristocratic family and lived with her matern...