Maddy's Western Civ 2018

Today in class, Val took her test, so of course for the rest of us its notes day...Yay my favorite, sike...Anyways, I only got through the first section but that is still 2 and a half pages of notes for me! So below is everything that I thought was important and that I thought I should write down. The life teachings of Jesus: Jewish kingdom remained independent  had hope that they would be free again  two decades after Roman rule, that the Messiah came  Jesus was born in 4 BC in Bethlehem  raised in Nazareth  baptized by John the Baptist  Age of 30 started public ministry  he stressed over the importances of people's love for everyone and everything  most information about him is in the Gospels he had 12 apostles  preached from town to town  "blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth" his popularity concerned Roman and Jewish leaders  Roman governor--- Pontius Pilate accused Jesus of defying authorit...

Today in class we had our test. And being perfectly honest I was not prepared or ready for it. I was up till 12 studying and half falling asleep, so now I am glad that it is over with. Well, luckily, it was open blog, which was a LIFE SAVER. Literally, it saved my grade, I hope! I don't know if he did it just because it was Jillians birthday or because he was just feeling nice but I really appreciated it! So ya, I didn't think it was to too terribly hard but it was reasonable.

Today in class we took a lot of notes, and now we have a test tomorrow. Just wonderful. The following information is the notes that we took during class. Here is what I got: Caesar Reforms:  -Granted citizenship to people in provinces -expanded the senate and added his friends -created jobs for the poor, especially the republic work projects -increase pay for soldiers  -started colonies were those without land could own property  Assassination:  -Why? The senators saw Caesars rise in power as a huge threat to their political viability. -How? They lured him into the senate hall stabbed him 23 times, and they were all involved in it. -Who? Senators and Brutus, who was Caesars ally. -The senators were not punished -Octavian was named Julius Caesars sole heir. -This was THE END OF THE REPUBLIC Octavians Reign: -Julius Caesars grand nephew and adopted son: Octavian takes over at the age of 18 -Makes the second triumvirate -Mark Anton...

Today in class, well honestly I don't know what happened because I wasn't there because I had left for a lacrosse game. But, I still got the notes!!!!! they made bread and held circuses to distract the plebians and keep them from a revolt Tiberius Gracchus recognized the advantages of courting the plebians (even though he was ultimately unsuccessful) military generals worked that angle - lead an army that conquers a land, then give them a share in the spoils soldier's loyalty was to their military leader, not necessarily to Rome or the republic julius Caesar (100-44 BC) a highly successful general  he conquered the territory of Gaul  he made the common folks happy, orator made friends in high places Pompey (a general who conquered Syria and Palestine) Crassus ( the richest man in rome, one of the richest men in all history) these men formed the First Triumvirate "rule of three men" "crossing the Rubicon" when you have made a d...

Today in class, Kelsie finally brought food! So yay that was good. Then we took some notes. The following information is the notes that I took in class. 5000 soldiers, not in itfor pay (not yet) the roman army's elite heavy infantry recruited exclusively from roman citizens   group of 80 is a century on horseback is cavalry shield, sword, dagger, and armor and tunic The Punic Wars (264-146 BCE) rome vs. carthage 3 wars   First Punic War  naval battles from control of the strategically located island of Sicily rome wins  Second Punic War (218-201 BCE) 29-year-old Carthaginian general Hannibal almost does the impossible: taking rome attacks rome from the north after crossing Iberia (spain) and the Alps lays seige to much  of the peninsula for 15 years, but he can never get to rome third and final Punic war (149-146)  rome wanted to finally remove the threat of carthage scipio, Tiberius Gracchus, and others mercilessly attack...

Today in class we didn't take a lot of notes. It was more of a discussion based class. But here are some of the notes that we did go over. Legal code - Rome/US  Twelve Tables - Rome  publicly displayed  gave rights to Plebeians  not just aristocrats  only protected free born male citizens  not women  Bill of Rights  first ten amendments to the constitution  freedom of speech/press/religion  right to bear arms  no quartering  no search  no self incrimination  right for fair trial  jury trial  no cruel punishment  right to privacy  states have power 

Today in class we kept taking notes on Ancient Rome. Today we did more contrast things, between Ancient Rome and The United States. The similarities and the differences that we have between them. The notes below is the information that I gathered in class today.  res publica  the people's affairs  brand new republic ready to run  democracy (the people's assemblies and the tribunes) aristocracy (the senate, approximately 300 members)  plus monarchy  it was not a tyranny (a mistake the Romans did not want to repeat)  originally the United States modeled their new government on the model used by the Ancient Romans both have a legal code  three branches of government executive  legislative  judicial 

Today in class we took notes again. In my personal opinion, they seem sporadic, and not having any revelation to each other. I thought it was just random facts that he thought was important for us to learn. So, below are the notes that I took in class today. Rule of kings is replaced by rule of two consuls (gotta be better than one)  consuls are elected officials  term in office is one year  always have to be aristocrats or patricians  patricians traced their descent from a famous ancestor or pater (father)  duties:  dealing with justice  law making  commanding the army  one consul could veto the other (reducing the power of the individual)  fifth century BCE patrician dominance of the government was challenged by the plebs (people)  plebs were 98% of the population  plebs had to serve in the army but could not hold office positions  plebs were threatened with debt slavery  plebs had no legal righ...

Today in class we took notes on our new unit, Ancient Rome. Mr. Schick put together a power point for us, so below are the following notes that I took during class. Who settled in Rome?  Etruscans came from north central part of the peninsula  metal workers, artists, and architects  Two foundation myths Virgils Aeneid - where Aeneas escapes Troy  the story of Remus and Romulus  Greeks  they had many colonies around the Mediterreanean Sea  romans borrowed ideas from them such as:  religious beliefs  alphabet  much of their art  military techniques and weaponry  Latins  descendants of the Indo-Europeans  settled on the banks of the Tiber River  situated so trading ships could navigate as a far as Rome  a commercial part, but not susceptible to attacks  it was built on the seven hills, especially Palatine Many streams flowed into the Tiber River  there as a marshy a...

Today in class we finished going over the test. Today however, we argued all the questions that we got wrong. And we got extra points back, due to valid arguments that we made. I think I now got an A on the test !

Today in class, two people still had to make up their tests. So, Mr. Schick told the rest of the class to begin taking notes on Ancient Rome. The following information is the notes that I took during class. Origins of Rome  the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Remus, the twin sons of Mars and Latin  Geography:  was built on seven rolling hills on the Tiber River  near the Italian peninsula  was the midpoint of the Mediterranean Sea  The first Romans:  three groups of religion battled for control in 1000-500 BC  Latins built the original settlement wooden huts on the top of one hill --> Palatine Hill  Greeks  between 750-600 BC the Greeks established colonies near Italy and Sicily  these cities then became prosperous and very active  they brought all of Italy in closer contact with Greek civilization Etruscans  they were native to north Italy  they were strongly inf...

Today in class we took our test. I thought it was generally easy except for a few confusing questions here and there, otherwise, I feel pretty confident about it. I am happy that Mr. Schick gave me the option to decide for the class to have an essay or not. I chose not to because that would be extra work, and I know from every one else's point of view, the essays are not our favorite thing to do. So yeah. After the test we then pretty much had a free period, and we had to copy down a couple of notes on the board but that was about it. The notes are in the picture below.