Congress of Vienna

The essential question means that when someone with a high rank feels like their position is threatened what should they do? In class we answered various questions about napoleon and what he did when his power was threatened. We talked about how napoleon dealt with and and also Metternich wanted to split up the power while napoleon was in jail. 

At the congress of Vienna Metternich wanted a balance of power between Russia, Austria' Prussia, Britain, and France. They said they wanted to bring French territory back to its boundaries as it was before expansion. Also they wanted to give Russia and Austria additional land for what they went through during the napoleon conquest. The balance of power made everyone equal and make everybody happy. 

I believe the people at the congress of Vienna did a good job. I believe they made the right choices. I liked how they made the balance of powers because it made it do everyone had the same power and it helped people after napoleons conquest. It made many people happy and I believe it was the right decision to make.  I think that people should give up some of their power to make the world a better and happier place. I think by them giving up some power made it fair for everyone. 

Napoleons impact on Systems of Europe

Napoleons had a positive impact on social systems in a few key ways. First   he gave more people access to education.  This positively impacts social systems because this gives the children a chance to help the world and come up with inventions and this that help the world become a better place because they're now educated. This gave more people a say and that made everybody happy. Napoleon had a positive impact on the political systems of Europe because he established meritocracy. In "The Lost Voices of Napoleonic Historians" it shows that Napoelon wrote books about politics which shows he had strong views that were supported by the people. Meritocracy gave more people a say and that made everybody happy.  Napoleon impacted economic systems positively and negatively because he controlled prices, encouraged new industry, and built new roads and canals. Also he stole artwork from surrounding countries. 

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http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/c_historians.html

Rock Paper Scissors Shute

In class we played Rock Paper Scissors Shute. We all started with a different amount of candy and when you were out of candy you had to sit down. It was fun because I enjoy playing Rock Paper Scissors Shute. It was frustrating because it was easy to lose. The people who started with more candy had an advantage because they had to lose a lot in order to sit down. 

Karl Marx believed that it would turn from capitalism to socialism to communism. He believes that the government should just run everything an the people should have no say.  Marx believed that the merchants would benefit themselves by overthrowing the nobles. Smith believed in the invisible hand. That benefits the poor because it allowed people to buy trade and live the way they want.  That got to regulate their prices. 

In my opinion the invisible hand is the best theory because the shop owners could control their trade and maximise their profits. It is a good system because it is fair and nobody gets cheated. It make it so every gets even prices, the system evened itself out naturally.  I don't believe that there is another alternative because no matter what system you use someone is not going to be happy. The systems that Marx and Smith belived in are the most affective ones in my opinion. 

Women Weaving

The factories were very good at persuading women to go work at the mills. Also they were exceptionally well at persuading the fathers to let their daughters work at the mills.  One reason the girls wanted to go to the mills was the money. It gave them financial relief and also a little bit of spending money. Also this gave the girls family a little money to help make ends meet. Another reason why the girls wanted to work I the mills was the independence. The girls got to do what they wanted after work without their guardians watching over them.  This benefitted the girls because it was a source of pay and a chance to be independent. But some people would say that the cost would that the cost out weighs the reward because they did have bad working conditions and they workers outrageous hours.  Opportunities for women and restrictions on their working lives show that people's attitude towards women was not very good. Women were payed less which shows that they didn't have much respect for them. Women were not treated equal during those times either. In my opinion that is not fair because the women were working just as hard as the men.