Why are the British Colonist More Prepared

The British colonist were more prepared than the Latin American colonist on so many levels

One way the British were more prepared for independence was they were united. Everyone in the British colonies spoke the same language which made trade, and other everyday activities simpler. The evidence I have to prove this is document E3. This shows that most of the Northeast population was white and there is a small percentage of slaves and free blacks. The next pie chart shows the southern population of the 1970s in the British colonies. It shows that the south was mostly white's, but also included about 1/3 of the population was free blacks and slaves.Both f these charts show that there were two major cultures that  Another document that proves my statements is E4. This also is a pie chart, but this shows the Latin America population. This chart consist of  Peninsulares, Creoles, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Africans, and Natives. Many of the people in the Latin American colonies came from different cultures and spoke different languages, unlike in the British colonies where everyone spoke the same language. Being unable to communicate with everyone in the community was a disadvantage to Latin America when they declared their independence. The literacy in the British colonies made them a lot more prepared than the colonies in Latin America.

Another thing that made the British colonies more prepared was there political experience. A major part of them self governing themselves was they could enforce their own laws as long as they didn't contradict with British laws. Then when they separated from their mother country they didn't start from scratch like the Latin American countries. Thanks to documents F3 and F4 I learned that Spanish government gave the people of the colonies no political power. Once the Latin America countries were able to gain their freedom they had no prior experience governing themselves. Since the British gave political power they had more experience self governing themselves, making it an easier transition when they declared themselves independent

Haitian Revolution

When Haiti declared its independence from France, it greatly impacted France. One way France was impacted was it lost St. Dominique which was a very important source of income. Also without controlling St. Dominique Napoleon had no way of protecting his land in North America. This led to the Louisiana Purchase. This was known as the biggest bargain in American History. Napoleon sold enough land to double the size of the United States for only 15 million dollars.  Napoleon was very displeased with the loss not only because St. Dominique was an important part of the economy, but also because he was a racist. He looked at blacks as lesser beings meant for slave work.

America was majorly impacted by the Haitian revolution. Soon after the  revolution Napoleon sent his assistant to ask the Thomas Jefferson if he would join him in strike to take back Saint Dominique. Even though the Haitians were fighting for their independence just like he was year ago, Jefferson was on Napoleons side. He was afraid of the repercussions the revolt might have in America. He didn't want the seed of revolution to be planted in the minds of the slaves in America. So he decided he would suppress the revolutionary idea by joining Napoleon in an attack on Saint Dominique.  “Under threat of a French military invasion that aimed at the re-enslavement of the population, the Haitian government had little choice but to agree to pay. Haiti’s government was also forced to finance the debt through loans from a single French bank, which capitalized on its monopoly by gauging Haiti with exorbitant interest rates and fees.” They had to pay France 150 million Francs or else they would be invaded.

The Haitian revolution impacted the Haitians greatly. After having to pay the money to France they were just about broke. An economy that once flourished was now in pieces and didn't seem to be getting any better. Countries surrounding Haiti were no help because no of them were willing to trade with the Haitians. Countries like the US ignoring Haiti and France's demand of money has left Haiti in a terrible state and has led to Haiti having a crippled economy today.

Napoleon

Napoleons impact on social systems was he instated a new social system "meritocracy", and eliminating feudalism. He made the classes more equal as to not have such a large gap between high and low class. He gave citizens more rights and privileges ,which went well for the lower class. As for the upper class though, nobles like Madame de Steel were unhappy.She wrote that "his profound contempt for all the intellectual riches of the human nature: virtue, dignity,  religion, and enthusiasm. She later says she doesn't think he progressed enlightenment ideas, but rather that he manipulated men in order to win the over. Someone who would disagree with her would be Marshal Michel Nay. He was an officer in Napoleons army and he said that Napoleon was a "sovereign", an "august emperor". Nay talks about how Napoleon was crushing the old feudal system and bringing in a new way of life to France.  Both of these people have very different views but, both show the impact Napoleon had on the social system.

Napoleon also impacted Europe's economical system and political system. Since Napoleon conquered almost all countries in Europe he was able to restore the economy during his rule by, controlling prices, establishing the Bank of France, and starting a public works program. Throughout Europe he encouraged new industry and to build better streets and canals. Also Napoleon improved the future economy of Europe by making education available to many more citizens. One major economical/ political  act by Napoleon was the Louisiana purchase. This stimulated American growth and opened many things to the American people. Napoleon positively influenced not only Frances economy, but also the surrounding countries economies as well during his reign. To prove Napoleon had a good influence on France  Marjorie Johnston said "as a usurper, a tyrant, and a greedy, egotistical and ambitious ruler, it has also been found impossible to deny that his work, such as it was, was accomplished with an exquisite efficiency almost amounting to perfection." Even though she described him as a tyrant and greedy she still couldn't deny the fact that Napoleon was a great leader.

Great Britain or The USA

Early in the industrial revolution the choice of settling in the United States or Great Britain was not hard for an industrialist to make.  It became apparent that industrialist would succeed more if they settled in Britain. After reading the chapter "Observations on the Loss of Woolen Spinning, 1794" from the "Modern History" textbook and Porter's article on industrialization. Britain had many advantages that made it that made it successful during the industrial revolution. Since England had such a surplus of workers many of those without work because of the revolution had no choice but to get a job at the factory. This was very good for factory owners. This was good because they could lower wages without having the workers protest, giving them more money to put in their pocket. The workers wouldn't protest because they knew if they did protest their job would be filled by someone who wouldn't protest. Another thing that made Britain better was they got goods/ raw materials from their huge network trading routes. Since England was able to get a large amount of raw materials for its factories, the factories could work as efficiently as possible. A major invention that sped up the transportation of goods was the steam engine. A mining engineer, George Stephenson, developed the first steam-powered locomotive. Steam locomotives transported goods all over the world, by land and by sea. Another reason England was the right choice for industrialist was because it was leading in commercial power making it easy for England to transport goods. All in all Great Britain is the better place to be if you are an industrialist.

Being a worker is a different story though. After reading Early Labor in New England, 1883 and Porter's article on industrialization it was determined that New England was a better place for workers to live . One reason New England would be better for the worker was he/she has more options, they have a wider variety of things they can do for a living. Unlike the urbanized England, New England had huge plots of land with rich soil that a farmer could make a sturdy living on. Also if the farmers were having trouble paying bills (almost all were) they could send their family members to factories to work. Factories in New England were better because the factory owners couldn't lower the wage without getting protested. Plus if there was the owners couldn't replace workers like those owners in Britain. This was great for the factory workers because their wages would be what they were promised . Also living in New England gave people the freedom to contribute to the world by inventing new things and starting up companies. For example because the US had such an abundant supply of wood so they made the best woodworking machines in the world. Another example is young Frenchman named Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours who brought  the United States his knowledge of the latest French advances in chemistry and gunpowder making. In 1802 he founded what would become one of the largest and most successful American businesses, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, better known simply as DuPont. All in all America was by far a better place to live if you were not high class

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Shows steam locomotive from the Industrial revolution times

Letters of Mary Paul

Through her letter, Mary Paul describes her life in the mills and her all around experience in Lowell. Her first letter was to her father. In this letter Mary pleads with her father to let her go to Lowell. The tone of the letter was eager and excited. She gave him several reasons, she could help out with the mortgage, she could buy her own clothes, and there would be one less mouth to feed around the house. Her second letter was also to her father. In this letter she tells him how she has become lonely there and is very homesick. She begs him to have other people write letters to her and to have Julius visit her if he is in town. The tone of the letter is she is lonely and homesick. In her third letter she mentions that a lot of injuries have happened lately at the mill. The tone of this letter is excited, but she may also be scared. Mary seems excited because she says "I think that the factory is the best place for me and if any  girl wants employment I advise them to come to Lowell." What makes her seem nervous though is the fact that she brought up all the injuries. Maybe she was trying to make her father fear for her and send her home. In her fourth letter to her father she begins to be worried.  her pay is beginning to be cut and she won't be able to send as much money home. She also is being told that she is "growing very poor"  health wise at least. The long hours have started to take a toll on her. Her tone in this letter is nervous and anxious. She feels this way because she doesn't know if there is going to be a pay cut or not. In the 5th letter she wrote to her father she talks about how she lost her job and is looking for a new position. She lost her job because she became very ill and had to take six months off from work. During hat time she  went back to her dads farm to heal. Getting a new position wasn't easy. Mary tried several times and was about to give up her job search but then got her old job back. The tone of this letter is negative. She says she ". I do not like here very well and am very sure I never shall". In her final letter (6) she summarizes her experience in Lowell. She talks about how it was kind of a let down. She worked so hard yet was payed so little.

Her experiences change a lot throughout her letters. At first she is getting everything she is promised.As days go on though she realizes that she misses everyone and has no time to see any of them because she has to work. Plus the only person she is talking with via mail is her father. As Mary's time their goes on at the mill her time gets worse and worse. Mary's experience represents a failure of "the Lowell experiment" because a young healthy farm girl is withered down into such a state she wasn't able to work anymore and was forced to go home to rest and regain her strength. In some peoples eyes her experience might seem good because many people that lived in Lowell had equally bad or even worse experiences than Mary, but all in all the experiment was a failure in Mary's case.   

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Shows Mill Girls Working