The Anatomy of a Revolution

1st Stage-----> People start hating the current regime. Plus, there would be numerous amounts of protests and violence towards the government.

2nd Stage-----> Moderate and radical revolutionaries clash; moderates are opposed by many and eventually it destroyed the moderates. Extremists win and this period is known as the "terror" period.

3rd Stage-----> Development of Thermidorian Reaction. Life returns to normal, but a dictator generally comes to power who brings back a version of the old regime. 

TED Talk Response

Ferguson began this TED talk by introducing the count of “billions” which I thought was engaging. His points were concise, and clearly defined to fit the overarching theme of his talk. However, Ferguson exuded a bit of arrogance by saying “this is the best simplification I can offer you,” as that implies he believes the audience is relatively-feeble-minded compared to him. Overall, the information relayed in Ferguson’s talk was very intriguing and addressed a largely unattacked issue of prosperity fairly holistically.

Adam Smith Questions

1) Why do you think profit is the most important thing?

2) In what ways does self-interest help society?

3) When would a monopoly be beneficial to people?

Islamic Empire Pocket Map

DBQ Reflection

Today's DBQ didn't go as smoothly as I thought it was going to be. The main problem I had with writing it was time management, where I spent too long reading over the articles to pull out the quotes for my essay. I also seemed to be repeating words a lot (such as, according to, in  my opinion, etc.). I do think a good job at grouping my thoughts together; medicine, death of children, and religion. I made my point of view apparent from the start of the essay, stating that the Plague was truly devastating to Europe, but most importantly Italy. Unfortunately, I did not get to finish my essay which is a shame because I had so much I wanted to write about! But for next time, I definitely will be managing my time more wisely, and organizing what I am going to write BEFORE the writing time begins. But DBQ's are by far my favorite type of essay of the three!

Does Columbus Deserve His Own Holiday?

I do not think that Columbus should have his own day in my opinion. Columbus basically represented Europe, more specifically Spain, when traveling to North America. I do still believe that the Europeans came to know about America from the Chinese, so yes I would seriously reconsider having a day commemorating Columbus because he really didn't do all that much.