Work, Life and Leisure...... Power Point Presentation

Work, Life and Leisure....... Power Point Presentation from ssh09

The Making Of The Global World...Part II

Q 15. How did Indentured workers discover their own ways of survival?

1. Workers discovered their own ways of surviving. 
2. Many of them escaped into the wilds and if caught they faced severe punishment.
3. Others developed new forms of individual and collective self expression, blending with  different cultural forms, old and new. 
4. In Trinidad the annual Muharram procession was transformed into a riotous carnival called ‘Hosay’ (for Imam Hussain) in which workers of all races and religions joined. 
5. The protest religion of Rastafarianism (made famous by the Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley) also  reflects social and cultural links with Indian migrants to the Caribbean.

Making Of The Global World......... Power Point Presentation

The Making of a Global World...Power Point Presentation from ssh09

French Revolution Power point Presentation

The French-Revolution from ssh09

The Making of a Global World....Part I

THE SUMMARY OF THE TOPICS ON WHICH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE GIVEN

The Pre-modern World
The Nineteenth Century (1815-1914)
The Inter-war Economy
Rebuilding a World Economy: The Post-war Era

The French Revolution......... Part III

Q 17." The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror". Explain.
The period from 1793 to 1794 is referred to as the Reign of Terror because:- 

1. Robespierre followed a policy of severe control and punishment. All those whom he saw as being ‘enemies’ of the republic – ex-nobles and clergy, members of other political parties, even members of his own party who did not agree with his methods – were arrested, imprisoned and then tried by a revolutionary tribunal. 
2. If the court found them ‘guilty’ they were guillotined.
3. Robespierre’s government issued laws placing a maximum ceiling on wages and prices.

The French Revolution...............Part II.........Grade IX

Q9. The assembly of the Estates General denied entry to which sections of French Society?

On what principle was voting conducted in the Estates General? 

What was the demand of third estate members? 

1.   Peasants, artisans and women were denied entry to the assembly of the Estates General.

2.   Each Estate having one vote, was the principle on which voting was conducted in the Estates General.

3.   Members of the third estate demanded that voting now be conducted by the assembly as a whole, where each member would have one vote. 

4.   This was one of the democratic principles put forward by philosophers like Rousseau in his book The Social Contract. 

5.   When the king rejected this proposal, members of the third estate walked out of the assembly in protest.

The French Revolution.............Part I....... Grade IX

SUMMARY OF THE TOPICS ON WHICH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ARE GIVEN:

French Society During the Late Eighteenth Century
The Outbreak of the Revolution
France Abolishes Monarchy and Becomes a Republic
Did Women have a Revolution?
The Abolition of Slavery
The Revolution and Ever