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Presentation about Spain during the 18th century

At Mari Luz´s request, here you have the PowerPoint presentation about Spain during the 18th century. It includes the War of Spanish Succession and Philip V, Ferdinand VI and Charles III´s reigns. 

Thursday 27 TH of October

PHILIP V

Today in Social Sciences Paqui has started giving us a talk about the responsibility that we have and the respect.Then we have said the day of the exam: 7th Monday;the people who did not pass on art project has to studied the whole unit and the people who have passed art project has to study the last unit and the points 1 to 4 of the new book of the unit 1.

We have started seeing a powerpoint of Spain in the 18th Century. Paqui has said that before the long wigs was fashion but with the time were shorter. You can can see that Philip V wear a long wig.

We have begun the point five about the war of Spanish succession and the Treaty of Utrecht, Laura M. has read the introduction of the war of Spanish succession (1700-1714) meanwhile we have seen the powerpoint about this. Then Daniel has continued with the explanation of the differents conflict that existed in Spain and Paqui has explained to us with a picture of the peninsula Iberica because we have had some doubts, and also Sara has read what is the Treaty of Utrecht:

• Philip V was recognized king of the Hispanic Monarchy.
  
  


• The European territories of the Hispanic Monarchy were distributed among Austria and Savoy.
  
  


• Great Britain preserved Gibraltar and Minorca and they also got two important rights, which broke the Castilian monopoly in the Indies:
  
  


• The assiento: they could sell black slaves in the Indies.
  
  


• The ship of permission : once a year they could send a 500 tons ship with their products to be sold in the Indies.

Then Paqui has been explaining: Europe After the Treaty of Utrecht (1713) is an agreement to end the war. After paqui has made a summary of the Spanish War of sucession (1700 -1714)Finally Paqui has give us the exercise 19 and we haven´t finished the summary of the Spanish War of sucession.

A new word that we have learnt today is wig.

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There is a interesting page about this:http://www.spanishwars.net/18th-century-war-of-the-spanish-succession.html

2011-2012 Challenges. Number 6

This week´s research will make you discover some curiosities related to the War of Spanish Succession(1700-1714)  and its consequences:

QUESTION 1

There is a Catalan proverb related to the consequences of the Battle of Almansa in 1707. What is this proverb and what´s its meaning?

QUESTION 2

Since 1943 the Almodí Museum of Fine Arts of the city of Xàtiva includes a portrait of Philip V hanging upside down. Why?

Source: http://puntsdevista.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/felipe-v.jpg

QUESTION 3

One of the decisions of the Utrecht Treaty was that Spain had to cede Gibraltar and Minorca to Great Britain. When did Minorca come back to the Spanish sovereignty?

QUESTION 4

Other decisions of the Utrecht Treaty were the two rights Great Britain got in the Spanish Indies: the assiento and the ship of permission. The violation of the limits to these rights by Great Britain led to a war between Spain and Great Britain in 1739. This war had a very curious name: War of Jenkins´Ear. What was the reason for this name?

  

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JenkinsEar.jpg

The legality of the USA Declaration of Independence

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumbull's_Declaration_of_Independence 

Today we have talked about the USA Declaration of Independence and about how its content was closely related to many of the ideas of Enlightenment. Last week there was a curious debate in Philadelphia about the legality of the Declaration of Independence. British and North American lawyers discussed about the content of the document written by Thomas Jefferson and defended different positions according to the historical moment where the Declaration was written. Here you have the BBC report about this debate and the conclusions of every part: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511

And the following links include a lot of information about the Declaration: the full text, biographies of the signers, the historical context, the influences Jefferson received, a timeline of the independence process and the Revolutionary War and so on:

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

http://www.founding.com/the_declaration_of_i/

And you? What do you think? Is it legal to rebel against a government that doesn´t respect people´s rights? Can something legal be unfair? Or, on the other way around: can something illegal be fair?

Where is Cochinchina located?

Source: http://leereluniverso.blogspot.com/2010/10/prensa-refranes-y-viajes-1-cochinchina.html

This is the answer to Yolanda Rubio´s question: Cochinchina is a region that corresponds to the southern region of modern Vietnam (country coloured in green on the map above). In the 16th century the Portuguese gave the name Cauchichina to the region around the mouth of Mekong river. "Cauchi" could be derived from "Jiao zhi", the name the Chinese gave to Vietnam. The Portuguese added "China" to "Cauchi" to distinguish this place from another colony called "Cochin" they had in India. 

During the 2nd half of the 19th century Cochinchina became a French colony. Napoleon III decided to occupy this territory, with the help of the Spanish army, arrived from the Philippines. This is the origin of the Spanish expression "Eso está en la Conchinchina", meaning a very far and exotic place. 

Here you have some more information about Cochinchina: 

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Cochinchina.html

The Twelve Interesting Amendments

Here you have a funny video I always remember when we study the Constitution of the USA and its amendments. It´s a piece of a film called Born yesterday. It tells the story of a businessman (John Goodman) who wants to make business in Washington and has an ex-showgirl girlfriend (Melanie Griffith). As he needs to make contacts with very rich and polite people, he hires a journalist (Don Johnson) to teach his girlfriend general culture  and how to behave in social gatherings and business dinners. The scene of the video shows Billie, the girl, during a business dinner teaching all these important people some of the amendments to the USA Constitution. She has memorized them changing the lyrics to the song On the first day of Christmas. As you know from your recent experience, this is a very useful and funny way of learning something. The video is subtitled in English, so you can sing, if you want ;)

Wednesday 26-10-2011

Today we have started the class a little bit late because someone broke the jack of the projector and we couldn't see the powerpoint about the 18th century; but Paqui has uploaded it on the blog.

Then we have started checking exercises 14 and 15. Silvia has corrected exercise 14 about the Boston Tea Party. This act of the Boston colonists was strongly repressed by the British army.

This led to more revolts and in 1776 the representatives of the 13 colonies decided to break their ties with Great Britain. On the 4th of July 1776 was the declaration of independence. As the government didn't respect the rights of the colonists and they didn't have representation in the British Parliament they decided to separate the colonies from Great Britain.It was written by Thomas Jefferson.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

http://blogsdelagente.com/blogfiles/around/benjamin-franklin.jpg

In exercise 15 we have learnt that Great Britain didn't accept the independence and a war started. The colonists led by George Washington won in the battles of Saratoga(1776) and

Yorktown(1781). In 1783 King George III accepted the independence of the USA. This declaration was signed in the treaty of Versailles in the Palace of Versailles by David Hartley, who represented king George III, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay.

Paqui has told us that the support of Spain to the independence of the USA led to revolts on his colonies, which last one in became independent was Cuba.

GEORGE WASHINGTON IN THE BANKNOTE OF 1 DOLLAR

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_I1VUuVhu7JU/TLj6TQDlyKI/AAAAAAAAAP4/7Hrj7hgZO6M/s1600/Portraits+George+Washington+(5).jpg

George Washington was the first president of the United states. In 1787 the representatives of the U.S.A. wrote the first constitution in history. Paqui has said that in a region of Switzerland there was like a type of constitution but this wasn't for all the country.

Then we have copied a scheme about the first constitution:

- It was the first written constitution in history

- It was a Federal republic; the citizens choose the head of the state, there was a division of powers, it was divided into states with their governments and the federal state controls the economic policy, the currency...

- It included the principles of political liberalism: representative government, rights of the citizens...

-Later it included the Bill of rights

- But the downside was that women, black slaves and Amerindians were excluded.

Today we have learnt new words as:

-Amendment: enmienda, changes in constitution.

-Bill of Rights: Declaración de derechos.

THOMAS JEFFERSON THE 3RD PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.

http://www.radiomenteabierta.com/emprendedor/wp-content/uploads/Thomas-Jefferson.jpg

Then Yolanda has asked paqui what was la Conchinchina and Silvia was always saying that it was called the Conchinchilla. Paqui has solved this "discussion"; la Conchinchina is the region of Asia occupied now by Vietnam, Laos...

At the end of the class Paqui has told us to search for a date of the exam. She has said that she doesn't mind the date and I'm thinking about delaying it as much as possible maybe 16 of November, but all the class has to vote it.

In the powerpoint Paqui has uploaded appear in the slide 19 the 10 first amendments and in the last slide appear amendments like the vote for women and black people, the abolition of slavery and the prohibition of Alcohol.

Bye see you tomorrow.

Presentation about the 18th century

Here you have the PowerPoint presentation we are using in this unit. It includes the following contents:

- The Ancien Régime

- Enlightenment

- The independence of the 13 British colonies of North America and the foundation of the USA.

Review it if you need to complete some exercise or scheme you didn´t copy during the lessons.

England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom

Today we have also commented on the correct way of naming a country throughout different historial periods. This was the case of England and Great Britain during the 17th and 18th centuries. Here you have a more detailed explanation:

- England existed as a unified kingdom from the 10th century to the beginning of the 18th century. 

The Kingdom of England in the 17h century:

J.Jansson, Atlas Novus (1646)

Source: http://www.copperplate.co.uk/mapImages/Maps/BIS%20887.jpg

- The Kingdom of Great Britain existed from 1707 to 1801: it resulted from the unification of the kingdoms of Scotland and England (including Wales). 

Late 18th century hand coloured map of Great Britain (including Scotland and Wales)

Source: http://www.antiquehelper.com/item/341179

- In 1801 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created, after the repression of the Irish Rebellion in 1798 and the suppression of the Irish autonomy.

Source: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/map-united-kingdom-great-britain-and-ireland-1914

- In 1922 the partition of Ireland resulted in the creation of the Irish Free State, which became the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland remained as a part of the United Kingdom. Since then, the official name of the country is United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland, including regions of England

Source: https://files.nyu.edu/raa302/public/england/geography.html

As you may remember, something similar happens with the different names our country has had: Spain wasn´t a unified kingdom until the beginning of the 18th century. This is why we use the name "Hispanic Monarchy" during most of the Modern Age.