The middle class believed that because they were the ones working and earning the country’s wealth, they were deserving of the vote. Indeed, there was growing respect for the so-called urban artisans and the skilled working class whose voices were only now beginning to be heard. As the population moved away from rural areas into towns and cities, the landowning aristocrats of those rural areas started to lose their power. With people living and working closer together and improved communication, ideas like democracy and liberalism increased dramatically in popularity. However despite all of these changes in attitudes Britain was still primarily ruled and governed by the upper and upper-middle-class aristocracy.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION The French Revolution was a time when the poor fought for liberty and equality. It involved the whole population of France and impacted all. It affected the people involved due to the abolishment of slavery and absolutism. This gave the peasants of France equal rights and freedom. Before the revolution, the peasants had little to no power within the government and were oppressed by the rich; this event helped put an end to this and significantly changed their lives.
(1) Lords seized more peasant land for their own estates and demanded more unpaid labor. 6. The re-emergence of Serfdom in Eastern Europe cannot be explained by economic factors alone. m) Western Europe experienced similar agricultural and population decline in the 14th and 15th centuries, but its peasants won better rather than harsher conditions. n) Eastern lords enjoyed much greater political power than did their Western counterparts.
The late 1800s was a time when many immigrants were coming to America, social classes were being distinguished, and a great deal of prejudice was sweeping over the United States. The upper and middle classes had extreme advantages over the lower class, which consisted of a large number of immigrants. These lower class individuals were looked down upon by the prestigious upper class, which were brought up with the best of everything for their time period. Despite her family’s honorable place in society, one woman rose above the gap between the classes in order to help individuals, who were less fortunate than she. Her name was Jane Addams and this paper will focus on her life-long contributions to help the poor.
The party was led by Victor Chernov, who believed that the future of Russia not only lay with the peasantry, but the more newly developed industrial workers too - thus a main aim was to gain support of the peasantry and townspeople. The aim of the SR's was essentially to help the people a lot more by improving things such as their living conditions, and also they wanted to return all land back to peasants . Rather unsurprisingly, especially considering the peasants made up about 80% of the Russian population, the SR's were arguably the most popular party at the time in Russia. However despite those positive outlooks on the party there were a number of a weaknesses that caused divisions within
Henry had to bring stability back to England. The king needed to win over the nobles if he was to remain secure as king, he needed a positive relationship with them. There were some nobles who did support Henry because of their Lancastrian backgrounds, then there were some that supported him due to them seeing him as mean to social and political advancement, then there were the nobles that opposed him; the Lambert and Warbeck rebellions show this. Getting the nobles to support him was a huge challenge that would take years for the king to accomplish as there were more nobles than the king. Over the course of the fifteenth century the English nobility had grown in power, however Henry VII was quite fortunate that 25% of leading noble lines had died out.
ENGLISH COLONIAL EXPANSION Sixteenth-century England was a tumultuous place. Because they could make more money from selling wool than from selling food, many of the nation’s landowners were converting farmers’ fields into pastures for sheep. This led to a food shortage; at the same time, many agricultural workers lost their jobs. The 16th century was also the age of mercantilism, an extremely competitive economic philosophy that pushed European nations to acquire as many colonies as they could. As a result, for the most part, the English colonies in North America were business ventures.
The Metric System The metric system originated in France in the late 17th century to battle widespread commercial fraud by farmers and shopkeepers who used the varied systems of weights and measures to their advantage. The metric system became very popular by the early 1800s and many nations accepted this system. Most countries adopted the metric system because they had confusion with different systems already in use which needed to be standardized (Wikipedia). Therefore, they were forced for economic and legal reasons to adopt the weights and measures used by their trading partners which happened to be the metric system. There are only two countries today that have not accepted the metric system today, the U.S. and Burma (William, H.).
Overall America is the country that prospers from of intellectual achievements each citizen have had achieved. However, our country wouldn’t stand so high on pedestal if it wasn’t for our founding fathers that have established educational system and built world known universities. Unfortunately, many boarding school or college throughout Europe and America required high tuitions and were mainly for males that came from aristocratic families. But by 1860’s both the North and the South started to establish public school for both girls and boys. Their school years vary depending on the agricultural economy, and if they needed to be out on the fields they were excused from school.
Income inequality is an ongoing discussion and battle amongst the United States. However, it is not the problem with our economy. Money has been extensively put towards education to raise test scores, but it has not. Edward Conard says the baby boom, more women in the work force, and immigration have created an enormous increase in supply and labor and are the reason employment grew instead of wages. Increasing employment helps get the poorest people to the next ring.