Edict of 1635 Ordering the Closing of Japan
• Japanese ships are strictly forbidden to leave for foreign countries.
• No Japanese is permitted to go abroad. If there is anyone who attempts to do so secretly, he must be
executed. The ship so involved must be impounded and its owner arrested, and the matter must be
reported to the higher authority.
• If any Japanese returns from overseas after residing there, he must be put to death. . . .
• Any informer revealing the whereabouts of the followers of padres (Christians) must be rewarded
accordingly. If anyone reveals the whereabouts of a high ranking padre, he must be given one hundred
pieces of silver. For those of lower ranks, depending on the deed, the reward must be set accordingly. . . .
Source: David John Lu, Sources of Japanese History, McGraw-Hill from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January
2005.
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Purpose
No Japanese is permitted to go
abroad
The document is about how the
japanese adopted isolationism
during the 1600’s in order to get
rid of foriegn influences.
The purpose of this document is
To inform the japansese people
of the closing of japan.
he must be executed
whereabouts of the followers of
padres (Christians)
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the emancipation [unification]
of Italy
Main Idea of doc
The document is about the
unification of Italy.
Purpose
The purpose is to get support for
the unification of italy.
we may elevate her in
intelligence and moral
development up to the plane of
the most civilized nations.
. . . Therefore, if we so ardently desire the emancipation [unification] of Italy — if we declare that in the
face of this great question all the petty questions that divide us must be silenced— it is not only that we
may see our country glorious and powerful but that above all we may elevate her in intelligence and
moral development up to the plane of the most civilized nations. . . .
The Three Estates in Pre-Revolutionary France
Source: Jackson J. Spielvogel, World History, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2003 (adapted) from the NYS Global History and
Geography Regents Exam, January 2007.
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98% of the population during
pre-revolutionary france were
comprised of the third
estate.however they only owned
65% of the land
Main Idea of doc
The economic and social
conditions of pre revolutionary
france
Purpose
The purpose is to inform
others of the conditions in
france.
… Nor is there liberty if the power of judging is not separate from legislative power and from
executive power. If it were joined to legislative power, the power over the life and liberty of the
citizens would be arbitrary, for the judge would be the legislator. If it were joined to executive
power, the judge could have the force of an oppressor.…
—Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws
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Nor is there liberty if the power
of judging is not separate from
legislative power and from
executive power.
Main Idea of doc
The document is about
Montesquieu beliefs in the
three branches of government.
Purpose
The purpose is for Montesquieu
to inform others about his
beliefs.
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Purpose
Napoleon has much of Europe
under his control.
The document is about
Napoleon's conquests in Europe
during the 1800’s
The purpose of this document is
to inform others.
The Wealth of Nations carries the important message of laissez faire, which means that the
government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs and leave the market to its own
devices. It advocates the liberation of economic production from all limiting regulation in order to
benefit the people . . .
Source: Introduction to a re-publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations likely written by Martin Perry in 2013 from the NYS
Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2013.
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laissez-faire,
the liberation of economic
production
Main Idea of doc
Purpose
The main idea of the document
is laissez-faire capitalism and
how it works.
The purpose of this document is
to inform others about how
laissez-faire capitalism works.
Regulation
This is an excerpt from the testimony of Joseph Hebergam to the Sadler Committee.
Sadler: Do you know of any other children who died at the R Mill?
Hebergam: There were about a dozen died during the two years and a half that I was there. At the L Mill where I
worked last, a boy was caught in a machine and had both his thigh bones broke and from his knee to his hip . . . .
His sister, who ran to pull him off, had both her arms broke and her head bruised. The boy died. I do not know if
the girl is dead, but she was not expected to live.
Sadler: Did the accident occur because the shaft was not covered?
Hebergam: Yes.
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Main Idea of doc
Purpose
children who died at the R Mill
Labor rights violations
Documentation of the testimony
The boy died
the girl is dead,
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The White Man’s Burden.
“Take up the White Man’s burden—
Send forth the best ye breed—
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives’ need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild—
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child. . . .”
— Rudyard Kipling, 1899
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Purpose
White Man’s burden
The Poem by Rudyyard kipling is
about the “burden” white man
have which is to civilizse natives.
The purpose is to persuade
others to take up the white
mans burden
bind your sons to exile
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He’ll be quite now.
The document is about the
appeasement tactics that took
place before world war two
The puprose of this document is
to convey the artists belief on
the muunich agreement and
appeasement.
Baby hitler given munich
agreement
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Main Idea of doc
Purpose
The document is about the
differences of NATO and the
Warsaw Pact shown on a map
The purpose of the document is
to inform others about The
Warsaw pact and NATO
US and its allies make up NATO
USSR and its allies make up the
WArsaw pact
" I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along
the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that
there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the
glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can rest only
for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is
not yet ended."
– Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom,
Little, Brown and Co., 1994
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Main Idea of doc
Purpose
I have walked that long road to
freedom.
The document is about Nelson
Mandelas struggle for racial
equality in south africa
The purpose of this document is
to covey a message.
I dare not linger, for my long
walk is not yet ended
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Main Idea of doc
Nelson Mandela is shown as
mcuh bigger than the prison
gaurds
The document is about how the
South african prison was not
able to silence Nelson Mandelas
effort
Purpose
To convey the artists opinions
on Mandelas freeing from prison
The Wealth of Nations carries the important message of laissez faire, which means that the
government should intervene as little as possible in economic affairs and leave the market to its own
devices. It advocates the liberation of economic production from all limiting regulation in order to
benefit the people . . .
Source: Introduction to a re-publication of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations likely written by Martin Perry in 2013 from the NYS
Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2013.
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laissez-faire,
the liberation of economic
production
Main Idea of doc
Purpose
The main idea of the document
is laissez-faire capitalism and
how it works.
The purpose of this document is
to inform others about how
laissez-faire capitalism works.
Regulation
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------. . . They [the Communists] openly declare that their ends can be attained [achieved] only by the
forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communist
revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win.
Working men of all countries, unite!”
— Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto, 1848 from the NYS Global History and Geography
Regents Exam, August 2002.
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Working men of all countries,
unite
The document is about the
communist Revolution of karl
marx and friedrich engels
The purpose is to persuade
others to overthrow the ruling
class.
Communist revolution
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Military spending
The document is about the
military spending of these four
european countries
The purpose of the document is
to inform others.
Gernmany spent the most
money during WW1
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Japan contol many areas in east
asia
Main Idea of doc
Purpose
The document is about japanese
conquests and growth during
the 1930’s
The purpose is to inform others.
". . .The Nazi Holocaust, which engulfed millions of Jews in Europe, proved anew the urgency of
the reestablishment of the Jewish state, which would solve the problem of Jewish homelessness
by opening the gates to all Jews and lifting the Jewish people to equality in the family of nations.
. .."
-
David Ben-Gurion, May 1948
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Main Idea of doc
Purpose
the reestablishment of the
Jewish state
The document is about how the
esatblishment of a Jewish state
is nesseacasry because of the
millions who died during the
holocaust.
The purpose is to convinve
others and to gain support for a
jewish state.
The Nazi Holocaust
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France ,Britian And Germany
fight for contorol of China
The main idea of the document
is to show how European
opowers were taking contol of
china.
The Purpose of this document is
to inform others about
thespheres of influence in china.
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Britian has many natural
resources.
The document is about the
industrial revolution in Britian.
Cities are also growing.
The purpose of the document is
to show the geographic
circumstances of them
industrialising.
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Many muslim refugees are
packed into trains.
The document is about the
fleeing of muslim refugees in
india during partition.
The purpose is to infor others
about the condition for
mmuslimk regugeees fleeing
india.
They are fleeing
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Many skulls are resrved for Pol
pot
The main idea of the document
is the demonstate the amount
of deaths pol pot was
respomsible for
The purpose of the document is
to inform others.
Shows how many deaths he was
responsible for
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------. . .While the Green Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s boosted production enormously and
made India self-reliant in food grains, the environmental and social costs were also staggering.
In Punjab, where the Green Revolution was most successful, a glut of water brought by largescale irrigation schemes coupled with high concentrations of nitrates from synthetic fertilizer
runoff have impoverished the soil and polluted the water. Production of grains is now falling.
Pesticide use in India is also very high, resulting in high levels of pesticide residues present
throughout the food chain....
Source: Mira Kamdar, "India's Agrarian Crisis: An Urgent Opportunity," December 8, 2006
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boosted production enormously
and made India self-reliant in
food grains.
igh levels of pesticide residues
present throughout the food
chain....
The document is about the
agricultural situation of india.
THe pupose of the document is
to inform others.