"Get a PEACE of Georgia, today"

     The Georgia Colony, Savannah, was founded in 1733, by the group of English Trustees including James Oglethorpe. The charter for the colony was issued by King George II, for the purpose of benefiting the poor and protecting the northern colonies from the advance of the Spanish. Like many other colonies, the Georgia Colony had a distinct form of government. The Trustees created laws concerning land restrictions to 500 acres, prohibiting the importation and creation of rum, and refusing black slaves to encourage other English settlers to come. Because this was a later developed colony, the settlers had more knowledge on what to expect when they were founding their colony, resulting in  less famine, strife, and plague. The people of the Georgia Colony were also predominantly Protestant, however, also allowed other religious groups to find refuge within their colony, such as Jews. They traded with the Yamacraws and other tribes of the Creek Confederacy. This ability to peacefully trade was thanks to James Oglethorpe, who headed Native diplomacy, and saw to those who violated fair trade with the Natives. 

https://vimeo.com/140850668 

Resorces: 

http://www.landofthebrave.info/georgia-colony.htm

http://www.sip.armstrong.edu/Indians/Essay.html

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-history-overview

Columbus Day: Should it be Claimed as a Holiday?

Columbus day, the federal holiday in the US. celebrates the accomplishment of Christofer Columbus reaching the New World. Opening a new continent to trade with and rule by the Spanish Government. 

This was not necessarily a good thing however. For the native American Indians of the Americas the encroachment of their lands by the arriving foreigners was the first step to being taken over. These native indians were used as slaves, forced to labor for the Spanish. Bringing not only men over from the Old World, the Spanish brought plagues like smallpox and the flu, domesticated animals like the cow, and un-native plants. Back to the Old World they took gold, slaves, and goods. 

As plunderers of highly priced merchandise and destroyers of ancient native peoples, the Spanish did many bad deeds after finding the continent. In this way, Columbus' discovery of America is not a joyful historic moment. However, it is still a historic moment marking the day a great leap was made in globalization. I believe that Columbus day should be a historic holiday because it immensely changed world dynamics bringing new trade, wealth, and power.    

Website for The History of Science Fiction book by Adam Roberts

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Chapter 9 - Empires of Tea: presentation

Empires of Tea Speech - Notes & Overview:

          Tea was available in Europe a few years before coffee and was used as a luxury and medical drink. There was much controversy on whether tea is good for a person and should be drunk. The Dutch doctor, Cornelius Bontekoe believed that the average person should consume tea every day or every hour. More specifically, a person should drink 10 cups a day, 50 cups if they were sick, and 200 cups at the most. A German doctor to the King of Denmark, Simon Pauli, thought that tea was poisonous from transporting it from China & quickens death. 

          Britain soon became the most tea-loving nation in Europe. At the beginning of 1700, almost no one in Britain drank tea, but by 1800, almost every one was drinking tea. At this time, prices of a pound of tea fell to 1/20 their original cost. This is because of the newly adopted practice of adulteration. Adulteration is the addition of ash, flowers, sawdust, & willow leaves or other items to a bag of tea. This allowed for more tea to be consumed than what imported. So much tea was produced in Europe at the time that everyone in every class could at least have 1-2 cups a day. 

          Out of the different flavors of tea during this era, black tea became more popular because it was more suited to survive longer voyages and was safer to drink because its adulterations were not poisonous like those of green tea. 

Oil in the Middle East: Map As History - history presentation

The Iranian Revolution: thoughts and reflections

          There were many aftershocks created from the Iranian Hostage Crisis. Even to begin with, the relations between Iran and the West had fallen apart due to the US's dislike for the Islamic Revolution. Cutting much of America's influence on exports of oil, the empowerment of the Islamic people in the Middle East and Iran was not beneficial to the West's need for black gold. The hostage crisis in Tehran cut a ravine of mistrust between Iran and the West. The Iranians accused the West for helping the pre-revolution governance of the country to regain its power. This mistrust of the West's actions leading to the crisis then lead the West to further dislike Iran. 

          A different aftershock created from the Islamic Revolution makes the culture of Iran more separated from the West. This change is the creation of women's dress code in the Middle East. I believe that when a religious or cultural society of people, such as certain majorities in Iran, is pushed back and forgotten during progress or minimized, then something like a change in dress code to preserve an non-outside influenced culture is completely understandable. I would sympathize with the choice to remain culturally different. 

USSR Final Assignment: The Soviet Union - A Dystopian Nightmare

5 Best things about socialism:

1. The soviet union encourages a high GDP

2. Socialism eliminates class struggles and wealth inequalities

3. Socialism ensures health care for everyone

4. Socialism ensures a high quality education for everyone

5. Socialism allows for an increase in productivity

5 Worst things about socialism:

1. Socialism deprives people of basic rights

2. Socialism violates people's privacy

3. Socialism relies on forced slave laborers

4. Socialism is inefficient because the central government owns all means of production

and distribution

5. Socialism benefits few at the expense of many

5 pieces of evidence against socialism:

1. Socialism deprived people of such basic rights such as rights to privacy, equality and

freedom of speech.

2. Soviet socialism led to the creation of a black market economy

3. So many people died in the forced labor camps, or were left without a family and place

to go

4. Soviet grain production was extremely low, which means agricultural instability

5. Estimates from the CIA and Khanin showing the national income were made

purposefully low to create the illusion of higher incomes than expected

5 words we looked up:

1. Blockheaded: Stupid, dull, intelligent

2. Artel: ​a cooperative association of craftsmen living and working together.

3. Consolidated: ​combine (a number of things) into a single more effective or coherent

whole.

4. Opportunism: ​the taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of

planning or principle.

5. Procurement: ​the action of obtaining or procuring something.