2017年2月22日星期三

Weekly Reading Reflection 4

In Charter 17, it talked about the Industrial Revolution. Industrial Revolution began on about 1750s, and in the period of Industrial Revolution, the way people produce was significantly changed. Machines began to appear and replace the way to produce with manpower or animal power. Individual hand produces “evolutes” to Huge scale produce line and factory, and the machine becomes a symbol of this period cause of its invention and practically use in Industrial Revolution.
Even through, Industrial Revolution began in the 1750s, but before 1830, it never really had a real effect on people. When James von Breda Watt improved the steam engine, a group of technique revolution lead produces way from traditional to machine production.
England is the origin country of the Industrial Revolution, and also the first one finished the revolution. It is not a coincidence that Industrial Revolution takes place in England. Britain Island has massive coal reserve, and coal is a most relevant element in modem industrial. Also the because of the demand of coal, the technique of underground coal gather was developed. England also has a relatively comprehensive patent system, which of support the creativity of technique positively. And also the local high labor cost pushed technique revolution to lower the cost of good sold.
Industrial Revolution has a huge effect on scientific development. Before the revolution, development of scientific hardly ever use in industrial production, but it grew with revolution. Scientists become more popularization. More and more people from laboring classes become the scientist in the district which industrially developed area.

The Enclosure and the agriculture technique improvement cause lots of people from countryside to the city. Because of city and factory accept these people, so it results in urbanization. People who live in the city have more convince way to communicate and receive knowledge. People’s mind has manipulated and become more looking for personal felicity instead of group’s. Capitalism raised in this period.  

2017年2月4日星期六

WEEKLY READING REFLECTION 3

In the 18th century, the Athletic revolution began to appear in civilizations all around the world. These revolutions are the guidance to the world pattern later in following 19th and 20th century.
American Revolution which happened during 1775 to 1787. It results in colonies of the North America break away from the United Kingdom and built up the United State. The reason for this revolution happened are the British government decided to make the domination stronger than before. The British government published new economy and land disturbed policy for more beneficial to them. It unsatisfied and anger of people in colonies was accumulated day by day. Boston Massacre and the Destruction of the Tea in Boston these two events intensify the disagreement between the people in colonies and the British government. Eventually, the first sound of shooting took place in Lexington---American War of Independence begin. Because of local citizens understanding of the terrain and good at fighting, also France navy joined the battle, the United Kingdom lost the battle.
French Revolution destroyed the centuries of domination of feudalism and monarchy. Because of the economic crisis, the French king Louis 16 have additional tax to people, the anger of people and the Enlightenment in a period of time combined together as the frame of the revolution. In the final Estates-General in 1789, the revolution began. As revolution went on, such event like Storming of the Bastille and Tennis Court Oath took place. After the Louis 16 killed by public execution, the domestic faction against each other until the Napoleon took control.
There are three ways of affection to the world: In a political way, French Revolution is the most huge scale bourgeois revolution in the modern era. It shakes the feudalism orders on the land of Europe. And also being a model of successful revolution for other country studies from. In an economic way, it leads France become the almost biggest industry country almost same as the United Kingdom, and it also boosted the industrial revolution in Europe. In mentally way, it boosted the capitalism growing and also the development in the scientific area. But some of the thoughts were pretended as new thoughts, but they are the tool of despotism.