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Kacey Kuchenbecker

Industrial Revolution Video reflections

"I love Lucy chocolate Factory"

I thought this was very funny. It shows the advancement of machines that were created in the industrial revolution back in the 20's. The humor they used is somewhat simular to the humor we have today. Infact, that scene in "I love Lucy chocolate factory" was used in a nickelodeon show except with two teenage boys and sushi. (The show was drake and josh). This shows how pop culture has used a snippet of a video from the industrial revolution into present time for humor.

"The Charlie Chapmen modern times"

This video had no talking and was very direct and serious sounding. The music was very intense and everyone was acting in a serious manner. In this video it shows a lot of the industrial revolution such as all the machines, levers, and mechanical devices.

"Victorian Child"

Although this video was very mean and rude to victorian children back then, I thought this video was reallly funny. It compares the kids to a slave or worker that cleans people's chimmenys. this video used humor to compare how kids were forced to work in factories because most were unwanted by their families. 

Revolutions activity quote responces

"Revolutionary moments attract the best and worst elements in a given society." -George Bernard Shaw

I do indeed agree with this quote. Many revolutions in history have lead to the best and worst elements of society. A good example of this is the French Revolution. It brought out the best in France's society, because once it was all over they were able to fall back into place and get things back to normal. From the revolution they knew how to avoid trouble from happening again. The French Revolution did bring out the worst of France's people too. It led to violence, murder, death, and many horrible things for France's society.

 

"Every revolution was a first thought in one mans mind" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

I do agree with this quote also. I think revolutions that have occured have once been a thought or idea of someones, but they didn't want to do anything about it, couldn't do anything about it, or were too afraid.

 

"Every generation does need a new revolution" -Thomas Jefferson

This quote I don't necessarly agree with, but part of me does. Its a little vague because it could mean any type of revolution. It depends what kind though.

Catherine the Great

Part I

What I learned from this documentary is that Catherine was very keen and sneeky. She was only using her "husband" to get the thrown and was very sneeky about the things she did, even if they were not allowed. She was a very intelligent and knew what she wanted. Everything was pretty self explanatory, but a few questions I have are; what ever happened to Catherine's children in the future? Did she actually marry potemkin? 

 

Part II

a. She was very devoted to her country and wanted everyone to be equal and have fair rights. She wanted to be liked by her people and seemed like a pretty nice lady.

b. She believed that in order for Russia to be united, there needed to be only one ruler that would recieve all of the power.

c. Even though she believed in having one ruler with all of the power, she still did not want to take away the rights of her people. She believed in having a dictator which respected the people of Russia's rights.

d. What Catherine means by " is the punishment of death really useful and necessary in a community for the preservation of peace and good order" is basically what it says. She questions why in a peaceful community should people be punished. If they are promoting peace and good order, having death penalties does not make a peaceful community more peaceful.

e.She believed that all laws that were made should be addressed by alll citizens and not just certain groups. She didn't think that punishing those who commited crimes would solve the problem, and that praising those who were honest would be good.

King Louis XIV Exploration

1. King Louis XIV Personalities

- Selfish: "He wished to reign by himself."

- Naive: "This vanity, this unmeasured and unreasonable love of admiration, was his ruin. His ministers, his generals, his mistresses, his courtiers, soon perceived his weakness. They praised himwith emulation and spoiled him. Praises, or to say truth, falttery, pleased him to such an extent, that the coarest that was recieved, the vilest even better relished. It was the sole means by which you could approach him."

-Spoiled: "He took credit to himself for instructing them; wished it to be thought that from his cabinet he commanded and directed all his armies. Naturally fond of trifles, he unceasingly occupied himself with the most petty details of his troops, his household, his mansions; would even instruct his cooks, who received, like novices, lessons they had known by heart for years."

-Proper: "Louis XIV was made for a brilliant Court. In the midst of other men, his figure, his courage, his grace, his beauty, his grand mien, even the tone of his voice and the majestic and natural charm of all his person, distinguished him till his death as the King Bee, and showed that if he had only been born a simple private gentleman, he would equally have excelled in fetes, pleasures, and gallantry, and would have had the greatest success in love."

-Good Memory: "He had an excellent memory; in this way, that if he saw a man who, twenty years before, perhaps, had in some manner offended him, he did not forget the man, though he might forget the offense."

 

2. After reading the content it seems that King Louis XIV had very high expectations, and when certain things or orders were not meeting his expectations he had very cruel punishments. They were so terrible that Vatel killed himself so he would deal with the punishments

 

3.  A main important step King Louis XIV was always being consulted before any decisions were made, this made the King have the final say in what needs to be done and change anything if he wanted. I think this is a very smart idea and I don't see any draw backs with this other than if the ruler were very bad and changed the rule to worsen the community. But, if the leader is a well rounded person who cares for what the community wants/needs, it would be a good thing to consult the ruler/president before the law is made.