Thomas Edison took part in the early 1700’s debate on whether or not light was a wave or a particle. He argued that light was a particle and not a wave. This debate divided the scientific community because of the implications it had on how we view the world around us as well as what makes it up. One of the arguments that light was a particle and not a wave was that the lines that shadows made were extremely sharp. He argued that if light really was a wave, the edges of shadows would pulsate or oscillate due to a wave’s property of and having crests and troughs. Since he saw no oscillation throughout his experiments he believed that light could only be a particle. This theory was supported by lights rectilinear propagation. A simple experiment
The Global flow of silver from mid 16th century to early 18th century, while resulting in increase of wealth to the merchants, eventually lead to social inequality through economic status. It also resulted in the weakening of states that supplied or received silver in vast quantities due to the increase of monetized economies. The effects of the Global flow of silver is best understood in the context of the growth of mercantilist economies in which during the 15th and 18th century European nations competed against each other to boost national revenue. Particularly, European nations trading along the Indian Ocean region for Indian cloth and spices, which in turn resulted in the establishment of government funded joint-stock companies such as the East India Company and trading posts.
For this assignment, I decided to go with unit nine: coercion, paramilitary terror, resistance for a few reasons. One would be this was a hard time not only for the free slaves but also the whites that didn’t want the slaves to be free with the same rights as them another reason was because this made humanity look at the world differently, it was the beginning of confronting the diversity that was happening in this era. People treating people like animals for free labor when the animals were the people that wanted other people as slaves to make their lives for them and what I mean by lives is work, cook, take care of their children, any type of work the slaves did it. Now getting to the events in this era finally the Confederate surrender the
2. Compare and contrast the political and socioeconomic effects (and responses) of the Great Depression on United States and Europe. (Beck, Section 2) By the late 1920s, the prosperity of the American economy was largely sustaining the economy of the world. In 1929, the U.S. economy weakened, causing severe problems.
In the duration of the Antebellum period,our sovereign Republic was governed by fifteen various presidents. Each individual head of state affected our present united nation, but one that was effortlessly discernable in comparison to the rest and this was George Washington. George Washington was very accomplished throughout his presidency, was cautious invoking the country in foreign affairs, and endured devastations with serenity.
DLK DBQ The Fourth Amendment is one of the most important in America. In that of a case of a man under the nickname DLK, this amendment comes into question. Police searched his home with a thermal imager for traces of marijuana plants.
During the mid sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century, the usage of silver was immensely popular because of its dominance in trade such as the requirement of paying domestic taxes and trade fees with silver in the Ming Dynasty. Thus, the increased flow of silver caused social and economic effects in all region associated with trade such as Ming China, Spain, Tokugawa Japan and England by increasing trade and wealth but also profoundly weakening the state of these countries such as increasing social division, competition, and inflation.
There is much evidence that Europe was in a light age, including The Rise of Universities, Government, and The Black Death during 500 to 1500 AD. In the Rise of Universities the values of education was increasing and education was expanding into more schools. According to The Rise of Universities,"However, universities introduced a new system of education, eventually replacing the monastery and church schools." This quote is important because it shows the impact on education during this time. In addition, the Government was improved during the age of Growth. New laws were being passed down to ensure fairness and equality. Document B states, “No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight’s fee, or other
The Great Awakening altered religious beliefs and broke the monopoly of the Puritan church because colonists began diverse religion and figuring out the bible themselves. In 1730-1740s there was a Great Awakening which went through the Atlantic region and was a revival of religious people who went through the colonies. Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield were involved with this group. The cultural had an intellectual movement that challenged all the old traditions and this emphasized reason. There were a protestant Europe and British Americans that an evangelical and revitalization movement that left an impact on America. There was also a lot of missionary work with the Native Americans. They had old lights and new lights. New lights welcomed
I feel that they were both successful in their own ways. The progressive era was a time that reform took place. It was under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft & Woodrow Wilson. Not only were these political powers part of this era, other progressives included businessmen, educators, farmers and even women and black activist. Their goal was to understand and solve the economic, social and political problems that were being faced as the nation was growing and developing.
Slavery has always been one of the United States’ most controversial topics. Although some considered slavery to be despicable, others like Vice President John C. Calhoun felt that slavery was a necessary evil. While Slavery is a necessary evil. America needs slaves to continue to do work and keep the economy stable. The rise of abolitionism and growing opposition to slavery from 1776 to 1852 grew due to fears of slave uprisings, people began to see slavery as a moral wrong, and the want for white free labor.
During the Renaissance time period, each man and woman needed to strive to meet the “ideal” image that was expected by society. If this image was not met, the person would be judged by society. Both males and females had different goals that they needed to meet in education, as well as in their lives. While there was an “ideal” image, some people disagreed with them. There was always a distinct role for both women and men, but within those roles, there could be controversy. The most controversy could occur over the education that the males and females were getting, there were clear roles and ideals for men and women in the beginning of the Renaissance time period, but as time went on, people became more skeptical of the
Europe wanted to support the poor as long as they had or were looking for a job, but they didn’t want the people that were on the streets begging for money instead of looking for a job. Europe wanted didn’t want to have to deal with the people on the streets, they wanted to just get rid of them. In documents two and five, Juan Luis Vives a spanish humanist and Cardinal Richelieu a royal councilor talk about how the jobless are no good for the society. Vives says that when the general funds are expended the people will be “driven to robbery” to get the money that they need.
The global flow of silver from the mid-sixteenth century to the early eighteenth century had vast effects both socially and economically around the world. By this time an interregional trade network had been clearly established and world trade was booming. When China, a prominent trade nation, accepted silver as its currency and would only exchange for it, the importance of silver increased. This new rapid scramble for silver proved to be both beneficial and disastrous. While countries which were lucky geographically in their supply of raw silver could now trade prominently with China, demand created an increase of labor and social unrest. Reliance on silver both helped and hindered economies and societies, bringing
In 1939 the world was plunged into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938. The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between European countries. Collective security was a more effective response to aggression than appeasement because more European countries disagreed than agreed
Light, a concept that has been worked with for many years dating back to 500 B.C. Pythagoras hypothesized that humans perceive light due to the human eyes ability to emit rays upon the environment and the emittance gives a human his or her sight (Sekuler). Afterward, human intellectuals started making it more concise to present day knowledge of light. This development of light came from two intellectuals named Christian Huygens and Isaac Newton. Newton exclaimed during the 1700s that light was a stream of particles carrying energy but Huygens, Newton’s contemporary, thought that light needed this invisible “ether” in order for these streams to make light travel. Then, a couple hundred years later, modern scientists such as Albert Einstein, Thomas Young, and Augustin Fresnel proved Isaac’s and Huygens’ hypotheses of light (Rossing, 23-24). This is how the basis of light was created.