Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nationalism and the creation of Italy

Nationalism is when you show devotion and loyalty to one's own nation. What I do to show nationalism for my country is wear my country flag on national holidays. Go to parades if there celebrating things in NY. Celebrate holidays by having parties and such. Nationalism helped create Italy to be the independent nation we know today. When Nationalism broke apart Empires, it also created new ones. Italy was once in an Empire.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Simon Bolivar and Latin American Revolution

Simon Bolivar was one of the most greatest generals of his time. He help several countries in South America gain independence from Spain. Throughout the years different countries in South America have gain there independence from Spain because of Simon Bolivar. In 1824 his army won a victory over the Spaniards at Auacucho. By this, upper Peru became a separate state, and named Bolivia in Bolivar's honor, in 1825. Overall Simon Bolivar was a second George Washington for South America helping Bolivia, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela gaining independence from Spain.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Copernics and Trail of galileo

There are many theories on the solar system back in the 1600's. One was the geocentric model which was a theory of the earth. Aristotle proclaimed that Earth was the center of the universe and all other objects revolved around it. This theory was soon terminated by the heliocentric theory. The heliocentric theory was a theory that the sun was the center of the universe and all other planets were revolving it. The correct theory was the heliocentric theory.

In the year of 1633 the time of the Italian Renaissance there was a big trail between the Catholic Church and the scientist named Galileo Galilei. The trail was about that the Catholic Church said that the earth was the center of the earth and Galileo disagree with them. Galileo was then put to trail going against the Catholic Church and lost because back then the Catholic used to say what was right and nobody can disagree with them. The Catholic Church gave Galileo jail for life.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Scientific Revolution: The Scientific Method

Before the 1500's people used to believe in anything what people said without seeing any prove of it. People continue to believe what people said until l the Scientific Revolution. The scientific revolution was a way to test old ideas to see if they were true or false. They test these theories by using the scientific method. Scientists use this method to test different theories that people say. The Scientific Method have multiple steps in proving if something is true or false. They are, Observation, Hypothesis, predictions, Experiment, and Conclusion.
Many different experiments that we know today were tested by the scientific method. Some were Aristotle theory that heaver objects travel at a faster speed than lighter objects. An Italian scientist tested Aristotle theory by using the scientific method by going up the Leaning Tower of Pisa and dropping two stones with different weights. He concluding that Aristotle was wrong, the two stones weighing different amounts and they went the same speed.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Evolution VS Creation

Evolution is about change between different species to adapt to their environment. Charles Darwin a former scientist went to different islands to collect research on different species such as the sea tortoises, finches, and different fruit that are different then the ones you find in the grocery store. After collecting all of data needed he concluded that different species change to soot their surroundings which is known as called national selection. Charles went into more detail in evolution on how long it takes for a species to change from one thing to another, as well as the " Theory of Crisis"


Creation are "religious beliefs" which states that there was someone else that created the world and everything in it. It goes back since the Greeks and Romans methodology with loads of tales on how the world was created. Based on those stories they are still told to many others which still believe in them. Examples are that for Christians they read the book called Genesis 1-2 and many other religions read different stories on how the world was made.


In my opinion I believe in both evolution and creation. I believe that creation came first based on my religion but evolution took place to "update" the species to keep up with the earth to stay alive. I think that Creation and evolution are linked together as one.