Unionization

As a female factory worker, unionization was a terrible thing. It created very poor working conditions that was bad for our health at the factory. The area around us was very polluted and overcrowded from the unionization. However, it did cause more job opportunites for males and females in the city to help provide for their families and be apart of the working class. Unfortunately, the best paying jobs still belonged to men and in the factory we were forced to work long, busy days. AS tough as it was, I was just thankful to have a job in the factory that allowed me to make money along with my husband.

Hilter

Included in those beliefs were that there was an Aryan race, Germans were better than all, Christians were better than Jews, and communism was evil. The Aryan race Hitler supported was mostly German and British, and the people had to have white skin, blonde hair, and blue eyes. He did not even fit into his perfect culture. Hitler believed that Jews were the source of all evil. He thought they were going to pollute the blood of the Arayn race. Another group he dispised was the communist because he felt that they threatened the Nazi party. He spoke his views loudly, sharing them with all as he rose in power in the German government. He even went as far as to create youth camps instilling these beliefs in German children. His prejudice would go on to make millions suffer. He was a great tyrant during his time, creating a huge impact on the world.

Fredrick the Great

Fredrick the Great fought to oppose Austrian ambitions, and earned a great reputation as a military commander in the War of the Austrian Succession (1740--8). He seized Silesia, and defeated the Austrians, and in the second Silesian War he gained further territories. He skillfully employed the limited Prussian resources to make his kingdom the most powerful German state during the seven Years War (1756-63). In 1772 he participated in the first partition of Poland, and by the time he died he had doubled the area of his country.

Louis XIV - commoner

I disagree with Louis XIV and the way he rules his monarchy. He is a selfish leader, believing that his ideas of a divine right monarchy should benefit himself and his court, not caring enough about the social classes. I feel as if he takes advantage as being a ruler and does not put his great power to good work. He has no sympathy for us, knowing that we are the lower class in society and are not near as fortunate as others. He realizes that he has all authority and is in complete control. This reflects on his decisions, only caring for himself and the overall government, and forgetting about us who only become poorer and poorer. The economy is making us townspeople suffer and it puts us in danger everyday- due to his poor, unjust decisions that affect all people.

The Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War was of of the most influential conflicts of early European History, consisting of a series of declared and undeclared wars in Europe from 1618-1648. Overall, it was a religious war among Catholics, Lutherans, and Calvinists. To begin the conflict, The Peace of Augsburg of 1555 had brought a temporary truce of religion in Germany- recognizing only Lutherans and Roman Catholics. As a result, the Calvinists demanded recognition of their rights as well and the war began. The conflict then became a wider European war, fought mainly over political issues, along with religious issues. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) ended the war, expanding the Peace of Augsburg to include Calvinists, as well as Catholics and Lutherans. Also, it ended the Holy Roman emperor's hope of restoring his own power and the Catholic faith throughout the empire. The Treaty of the Pyrenees awarded France part of the Spanish Netherlands and some territory in northern Spain. Together, the Peace of Westphalia and the Treaty of the Pyrenees established France as the predominant power on the European continent.

The Reformation - John Calvin

John Calvin played a siginificant role in introducing new ideas and beliefs to the Protestant religion, Calvinism. In his earlier years he was a lawyer until he had the opportunity to build a new Reformed church, radically changing the face of Protestantism and spreading his on beliefs of Christianity. He organized the church governance, as well as the social organization of the church and the city. The core of Calvinism is based on the literal reading of the Bible and based on some views and/or beliefs that compared, yet also contrasted with the Catholic Church. Calvin strongly believed that not only should all religious belief be founded on the literal reading of Scriptures, but church organization, political organization, and society should be founded on the literal reading of the Bible. He then began to divide the church organization into pastors, teachers, elders, and deacons where each member obtained a particular role and responsibility in the church. Modern Protestant churches today still use such groups to organize their church, teach their church members, and help the church to grow- still following in the original ideas of John Calvin during the Reformation.

Columbus

Christopher Columbus was considered a national hero in history. Although he failed several times and came across many unsuccessful and difficult journeys, he was determined to set out and discover the New World. He was a strong Christian as well as a strong leader and he wanted to tell the story of Christ to the people he would find in the far-away lands. He also wanted wealth for himself and for Spain, and he wanted to be famous. Ever since he was a young child, he wanted to sail the seas and make his own discoveries. Not only was he a hero in discovering the New World, proving many myths and misconceptions of the world to be wrong, he also became very rich for his accomplishments which lead the way for many other explorers.