Eight Short History Essays

I need at least these short essays covered (about a page, each)

The essays should be more substantial than the answers to the identification terms. The essay answers should consist of three main parts: and introduction, and main body, and a conclusion.

 

Your introductions should be a paragraph long and explain in brief your answer to the question. The body is where you will make most of your main argument, using examples from the lectures and your textbook. I do not wish to limit how much your write here by setting a maximum length, make the best argument that you can, however the body of your essay needs to be at least three paragraphs long at minimum. Finally, your conclusion should be a paragraph in length restating your argument. Be sure to answer all the questions fully and please be specific in your answers.

NO CITATIONS/REFERENCES other than (if able) “THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLES” textbook, if you have it.

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Essay Questions (ALL):

1. What relations did Japan have with Westerners in the early modern period between the Warring States era and the isolation of Japan?

2. What relations did China have with Westerners in the early modern period in China, especially Jesuit missionaries?

3. Discuss how Russian went from being a vassal of the Mongols to becoming a legitimate European power in the 18^th century.

4. Discuss the major tenets of the Enlightenment. How did the Enlightenment affect the American and French Revolutions?

5. How did the French Revolution affect European politics in subsequent (19^th) century?

6. How did industrialization change the way people lived in the 19^th and 20^th century? Be sure to use examples that highlight shifts in product availability, price, living conditions, environmental conditions, the daily lives of families, women and children, and political conditions.

7. How did the Industrial Revolution affect relations between the industrialized world and the non-industrialized world? Be sure to use examples of the resulting imperialism.

8. What effects did the French Revolution have on the Latin American Revolutions? Be sure to use examples from at least two of the revolutions in Latin America that were mentioned.

9. Discuss how women participated in the creation of political, social, and economic change in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Be sure to use examples from Europe, Asia, and America in your answer.

10. Why did anti-foreign and anti-Qing sentiment grow in China (be sure to treat these separately)? What were the consequences of the anti-foreign and anti-Qing sentiment?

11. Discuss how Japan went from an isolated nation to a burgeoning global power in the 19^th and early 20^th century.