Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Chapter 16-17
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/charlesI.htm Charles I Execution
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/londonfire.htm Great Fire in London
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/sunking.htm Inside Louis Court
http://www.answers.com/topic/oliver-cromwell Cromwell - Pick One Reading.
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh_gfx_en/ART29281.htmlGunpowder Plot
http://www.show.me.uk/gunpowderplot/children_torture.htmGunpowder
http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/glossary/prides-purge.htm Pride's Purge
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/7221/antisemitism.htmAnti-Semitism
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~zhenka/054.html Stenka Razin
http://www.saint-petersburg.com/history/peter1st.asp Quick Hit on Peter The Great
http://hem.passagen.se/uscygnus/CharlesXII.html Charles XII
http://www.bonfirenight.net/ 4th of July Britain Style
http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/bonfire.html Bonfire Night
http://www.bonfirenight.net/ Bonfire Night
http://militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/wilhelm_i_and_the_potsdam_giants Potsdam Giants.http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/W.Europe/W.Europe9.htmlhttp://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/history/events/dates/ch5.shtm
Battle of the Boyne
http://www.geographia.com/russia/moscow02.htm Kremlin
http://polish-baltic-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_false_dmitris_of_russia Dmitri Stabbed. (Age?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xozvnMZ7Jq4http://www.pptpalooza.net/ Look at the Baroque
http://jim.com/hobbes.htm
Hobbes vs Locke
http://history2.professorpage.info/John%20Locke%20and%20Thomas%20Hobbes.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oC8tiZ1Shg
http://creately.com/diagram/glw8pjkd1/Locke+and+Hobbes+Venn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oC8tiZ1Shg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGHm_T84G48&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HwJy81khwI&feature=related
Kids liked this
http://www.hyperhistory.net/apwh/essays/comp/cw20hobbes_locke.htm
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
6 comments:
The first website I went to was about Peter the Great. He was crowned Tsar of Russia on April 27, 1682 and became Emperor of Russia on October 22, 1721. He ruled Russia with his brother Ivan V while his half sister Sophia acted as regent. Eventually, she was exiled to a convent and when Ivan died, Peter took over the throne. He was the first Tsar to travel to Europe and he modernized Russia. He moved the Russian capital to St. Petersburg. He founded the Russian navy and built up their army.
The second site I went to was about the Great Fire in London. In 1666, London had about 500000 people. It was a city made of old, dry, wooden structures, tightly packed into a confined space. This is exactly what made the fire rage out of control. Fire fighters resorted to blowing up buildings with gunpowder in order to deny the inferno its fuel. Not many people died, but approximately four fifths of the city had been destroyed. From this, London was better planned with wider streets and buildings made of fire-resistant stone. Also, the rats that harbored the plague-infected fleas died in it.
Nicholas D'Aleo
The first article I read was about the the execution of Charles I. In his reign he experienced many problems with Parliament and also the Protestants of Scotland. In 1642 the English Civil War erupted with the immediate cause of an Irish revolt against English rule. Charles's army was finally defeated at the Battle of Preston where he was then charged with high treason against the realm of England. Three days after his trial he was sent to the scaffold to be executed. He was brave in the moments leading up to his death and he was prepared for when death came. The people in attendance soaked up some of his blood for various reasons.
The second article I read was about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. 13 men who didn't like that James I was not as tolerant of religion as Elizabeth decided to take action. The leader, Robert Catesby, decided that the violent answer to the situation was to blow up Parliament. The group put 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellar of the building yet, one of the men had second thoughts so he sent a warning letter to a member of Parliament. The plot was disbanded and Catesby was executed. Today, there are traditions to check the cellar before the monarch enters the House of Lords and to set bonfires at night to remember the 5th of November.
The first page that I visited was about the execution of Charles I. Charles experienced difficulty with money and religion. The short parliament, which was called in order to get funds to quell the Scottish uprising that occurred when Charles attempted to impose Anglican worship on the Scottish, refused to give Charles the money and was disbanded after a month. there was continuing civil unrest that led to another parliament being called. Later Charles' army was defeated and he was charged with treason. Three days after he was tried he was executed.
The second thing that I read about was the Great Fire of London in 1666. London had changed little since the Middle Ages and was filled with old, dry, wooden structures, that were tightly packed into a confined space. Just a small fire started and spread rapidly. At one point buildings were being blown up to attempt to contain the fire by getting rid of the thing fueling it. Three-fifths of the city was destroyed, but the loss of life was not large. This led to a better planned city being built and the termination of the disease infected rats that were throughout the city.
Alannah LeBlanc
The first article that I read about was the article talking about the execution of Charles I. When Charles first came to rule he had many religious and economical problems. On described in the article was when he passed a law where he tried to push Anglican religion on Presbyterians. As all of this escalated it eventually lead to the kings execution. The most interesting idea behind this is that the article said that the executioner waited for the king's signal to kill him.
The second article that I read about was the article on the great London fire. This fire was a very large fire that consumed a very large portion of London and burned for many days. The most interesting part about this article was that it was told from the perspective of Samuel Pepys who was a man living in London Tower at the time of the fire. Another interesting fact was that the fire only was stopped because of the large gaps between the shops by London bridge.
The first article I read was about the Gunpowder plot. The article started off with the traditional story of Guido (or Guy) Fawkes, being a gunpowder expert and fanatic, failed attempt in trying to blow up Parliament. However, the article goes into further detail on how the plot really unfolded. Such as Robert Catesby was the real mastermind, and was killed by Government forces following the plot. Also, it described how the original plot would allow for 100 Catholics to capture James I's daughter, Elizabeth, and turn her into a "Puppet" Queen.
The other article that I read discussed, in depth, Pride's Purge. It starts off with describing the events leading up to the event, where Presbyterian MPs (Members of Parliament) wanted to dissolve the New Model Army. This first dispute was resolved when Cromwell marched into Parliament with his armed guard, which temporarily cooled tensions. However a while later, members of the New Model Army agreed Parliament needed to be purged of Presbyterians, so Col. Pride marched in and did just that.
The first article I read was about the execution of Charles I. One thing I have found consistently interesting when reading about the execution of royalty is the casual formality that takes place prior to their death and the respect shown by the executioner. The English had always had a slight distrust of the king's intentions due to reasons including his marriage to a French Catholic princess. Charles was experiencing financial problems and tried to go to parliament to raise more money, but they were no help to him. After attempting to impose an Anglican way of worshiping on the Scottish population and the Irish revolt, Charles found himself in a civil war. After six years of war with parliamentary forces, Charles' army was defeated. He was tried and found guilty for high treason and sentenced to death. After his execution which came in the form of beheading, the crowd began dipping handkerchiefs and pieces of clothing in the king's blood. Fear soon took hold as the people realized that if parliament was capable of executing a king without a proper trial, they could execute anybody.
The second article I read was about life in King Louis XIV's court. It focused on the story of one man, named Vatel who was the chef for Louis' group of travelling nobles. At one of the meals in which Vatel was expected to feed the king's entire court, his stew failed to feed all of the people at two of the many tables. He was so driven to please the king that he was absolutely devastated by this failure despite the fact that the dinner at the king's table was perfectly fine. The following day, he was expecting deliveries of fish. Due to miscommunication, when the first delivery came, he thought it was all of the fish. Realizing the king would be disappointed in his performance, he resided to his room where he placed a sword against his door and rammed himself against three times, killing himself. In the court, people's lives revolved around serving and pleasing the king.
Post a Comment