changes

• easier work
• more family time
• production of more goods
• advancement in technology
• the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
• things become cheaper
• with new technology and a supply of goods life expectancy and wellness of people will increasingly become better.
• goods can be transported over distances which means trade increases.
• cultures blend with the increase of trade
• population increases
• children can be sent to work because labor inst specialized 
• wealth inst dependent on the expensive items you are able to buy and is more on how many you have
• I find the chain reaction of technology very interesting, not relevant to the post but yeah.

reactions

the people were upset with the fact they lost their jobs and they tried they didn't appreciate that. so they tried to break everything. i would say they are reactionary.

I always enjoy ted talks. They are wonderful and refreshing to hear smart intelligent people after spending a day in high school. I like Niall Ferguson. He was an interesting speaker and he had a cool accent. He was also funny, I liked the joke about 1776. I agree with his idea of the 6 apps. It makes sense and is a pretty good way of simplifing the couple idea. 

Fabian rejects Christianity

Fabian does not like Christianity. He calls it a perversed and cursed faith. During his time Japan believed in the imperial dignity of the gods. Meaning the rulers of Japan were godly. This is a very common practice in Japan and China. Fabian also talks about Buddhism and his return to it. Buddhism was the common religion in Japan and Fabian makes several references about returning to and abiding to Buddhism. Also Fabian talks about the Europeans invasion of Asia. Because they were following the way of their god or Deus, Europeans take it upon themselves to invade everything they can see and spread/force their religion to other people. In short Fabian disliked Christians.

Maximize the slave Buisness

Based on Equiano's account the members of the slave Buisness took several measures to ensure maximum profit. The biggest of which was keeping the slaves alive. The conditions on the boats where harsh and cruel, Equiano's mentioned the smell was unlike anything he had smelt before. These conditions coupled with the fact they were slaves made suicide seem like a easy way out of the torture. However the slave traders would not allow that because if all the slaves jumped off the side of the boat they would lose their Buisness. So the slave traders, chained the slaves and kept close eyes on them. They also whipped those who tried to jump or refused to eat. The slave traders also forced the slaves to eat so that they would starve and die. Not pretty conditions

DBQ essay

I thought the essay was interesting. it was nice not having to know background information which is always stressful. However this essay was a little stressful itself because it is long. perhaps I wasn't as focused as I could have been but i also didn't have to make the groups and I still didn't finish. so time will be an issue. Other than that it was fairly straightforward. the template that was on the board was very useful. Im interested to see how the that goes.

Videos

When assuring the videos I think content matters most. You have to make sure you got all the material in and that you demonstrate you read and unepderstood the section clearly. It needs to be made so that those watching the video can get a majority of the information you collected and chose to present. I also think because it is a video project there needs to be some level of creativity. How did a group present the information. Was it helpful in conveying the content or distracting. There needs to be a little something so that the video isn't reciting straight facts. From the videos I watched Tj and Manas did a good job. They presented the information well it is was funny and not so boring I wanted to exit the page. So good job you two.

Christopher Columbus

As children we ave the unique ability to belive anything we are told. Many people take advantage of that and we end up with days like Christopher Columbus Day. One of two holidays named after somebody in the United States. I have never given it much thought but James Loewen's chapter on Christopher Columbus from his book Lies My Teacher Told Me, is eye opening. Not only is Christopher Columbus not really the discoverer of the "new world", evidence shows others "discovered it before him" but he isn't the hero we are told he is. Historians try to make Christopher a relatible character much like that from a book instead of giving the facts. He enslaved, raped and killed many of the Local people he met, and is far from the hero everyone thinks he is. B and Z fall short in their explanation of Christopher. They don't take two pages to describe him or try and make him relatable but they also don't talk about the aweful things he did while he was in the "new world".