Overall, I
was very happy with your work on these mini-research projects. A few tips for next time:
· Practice saying names and hard words
ahead of time
· Don’t just stand and read the slides
· Put some sort of image and title on
each slide, not too much text
· Even though you have cited your
sources, you still have to use “quotation marks” when you use their words
· A smile, joke, or a little humor can
make everyone more comfortable. J
Below are my
notes from the presentations. You may
want to read over them to see if you missed any important points. You may print them out and tape them to page
52 in the ISN WITH your notes, or you can just refer to them here. You do not have to print them out or add to
your notes, but you would be wise to read over them.
Protestant Revolution (Luther trying to “fix” church, not
start new one)
Causes: non-Biblical practices, corruption
in the church, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses, monarchy frustrated with the Pope’s
power
Effects: start of Protestant denominations, loss
of power for Rome/The Pope over political/economic/social/religious matters throughout
large parts of Europe, allowed people to publicly question the church helping
lead to the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Enlightenment
(”The Age of Reason”)
Causes: Renaissance, Protestant Reformation,
Scientific Revolution, desire for new ways of doing things like governments and
medicine, people unhappy with their current social and political situation
Effects: inspired political and social
rebellions, further challenges to the power of the church, new and more “modern”
ways of viewing the world/politics/science/life,
Scientific Revolution (if the church was wrong about X, it
could be wrong about Y)
Causes: Printing Press – allowed for ideas
to spread and people can build upon prior knowledge/discoveries instead of
always “reinventing the wheel”, desire to discover the properties of the
physical world, specific geniuses who had access to learning and bravery to challenge
the Catholic Church, plagues
Effects:
led to more questioning of the church and old beliefs, led to huge
advancements in technology, medicine and science – including the Agricultural
and Industrial Revolutions, beginning of modern science/scientific method
Industrial Revolution
(Started in Great Britain moved across Europe and beyond)
Causes: new improvements in science/tech
such as the steam engine, people are not starving/takes fewer people to farm because
of the Scientific and Agricultural Revolution
Effects: mass migration from rural to urban,
rise in population, increased pollution and disease in the cities, capitalism, shift
in child labor (for the worse), efficiency, advances in mechanics of all kinds
American Revolution (from Great Britain’s
Perspective)
Causes: distance, Enlightenment philosophy,
excessive taxation, lack of power and say in decisions made for them, lots of
resources in America
Effects: a new country, loss of
land/money/trade/power for Great Britain, lots of death and debt, inspired
other revolutions across the world
French Revolution (ironically King
Louis XVI would have been OK with a constitutional monarchy)
Causes: American Revolution (inspired and
bankrupted France), Enlightenment thinking, People were broke and starving,
monarch lost control and touch with the people,
Effects: lots of death and debt, “triggered”
loss of absolute monarchy and feudalism throughout much of Europe, inspired
further rebellions
Russian Revolution (Tsar Nicolas
II was particularly anti-rebellion since his father was killed in one, this
made him unwilling to listen to the people’s needs and demands)
Causes: people were broke and starving,
previous semi-successful rebellions, unresponsive leadership, rise in communist
theory (Marks, Lenin), WW1
Effects: lots of death and debt, communism
spreads – eventually leads to the cold war, still mass starvation under
Lenin/Communism
