Reflection

5. This class was the first time I learned about: Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil War, the Hapsburgs, the Roman Republic (in depth), the Social Utopists/Chartists, and Napoleon's reign (in depth).

4. The French Revolution connected to reading A Tale of Two Cities in English. I also learned about mercantilism in my APUSH class. Learning about Newton during the Scientific Revolution connects to my physics class.

3.  The first most important concept I learned is that cultural and intellectual history is sometimes more important than economic/political/diplomatic history because intellects can inspire economic changes, alter diplomatic relations and bring light to a new political system. I also learned that there really are two sides to each story, more specifically, there are two different views on events. When looking in retrospect one is able to determine the success or failure of an action as well as it's short term and long term consequences. But when living it, one might not see Napoleon as a tyrant as we do today. I also learned that history repeats itself in a way. The influence of Greek and Roman ideals kept experiencing rebirths throughout European history.

2. I would like to learn more about the Industrial Revolution and Rise of Nationalism because they are the most modern and I think it would be interesting to analyze the effects of those subjects on Europe today.

1. I think one skill that I further developed through this course is reading and analyzing quotes. We did a lot of that in the beginning of the course and I feel like I could more easily decipher the meaning of a historical quote now.