Blog Entry #1: 1810-1820

 DATE: June 3rd, 1815

AGE: 15 years

ACADEMIC FOCUS: I would like to study for a Bachelors History Degree because I am curious about what our ancestors did.

CONTEXT: I live in Paris and I wish emperors were more equal because there´s still a lot of inequality in France. But we also have problems with poverty and food. I really hope that the government changes. 

CHANGE/CONTINUITY: It was a bit shocking to know that Ptolemaic Universe was proven wrong and instead learning that the Earth  revolves around the Sun. Nowadays we use the scientific method for literally EVERYTHING concerning things about the Earth. Also it was good that the women took part in the Scientific Revolution like Margaret Cavendish and Maria Winkelmann. And also in the Enlightenment we changed a lot our way of thinking, Maria Wollstonecraft began to speak up about women´s rights which made me very happy since we have been treated very unfairly. Bust I still think that the monarchs have way more power than they need which leads to inequality.

CAUSE/EFFECT: I think the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment happened because people noticed the World is a lot more complicated to understand and of course this caused a lot of conflicts but I think that if we put a little bit of more pressure we can achieve our goal.

TIME/PLACE: I think that in my school we focus more on our religion rather than other countries religions but I know that in Latin America they aren´t given the opportunity to rule their respective country since they are European colonies. I think people have different religions because we grew up in different places and the culture is very different.

PERSPECTIVES: Personally, my favorite philosopher from the Enlightenment is Maria Wollstonecraft since brought up women´s rights , she said that the power of men over women is wrong and stated the we can do the same as men.