Transcendentalism

                     Transcendentalism is a social movement that developed around 1836 in New England, in reaction to rationalism. The main figures of this movement were Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Being influenced by Kantian philosophy, romanticism, and Platonism, it taught that holiness fills all nature and mankind. The members of this held developing views on feminism and mutual living.

2 Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

This quote is significant because having a positive attitude and being happy will give you better effort towards things, but  being negative will not make you try your best.

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

This quote is significant because by trying new things you will open yourself to man opportunities and that way you learn new things. Not learning = not growing.

2 Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

Following your dreams that you like will make you succeed better than not becoming who you want to be.

"Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated."

Books are only defined as to what they talk about, not what they look like.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

Trail of Tears

                         The Trail of Tears was a series of forced re-locations of the Native American tribes in the US along with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The tribes such as the Cherokee, Seminole, Muscogee, and many others had to move out of their homelands and journey west of the Mississippi River to a designated Indian Territory. However, the Indian nations did not want to tie brotherhood with the American Society but the Americans decided to do so.

                         The Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830 of May, 28 by the Congress. This was passed under the presidency of Andrew Jackson and was a purpose to negotiate with the tribes in order to obtain their ancestral homelands. Many tribes where affected by this and it was great pressure for the Natives to journey outward.

                          The Black Hawk War broke out between the US and the Native Americans. This started in 1832 and was a conflict lead by Black Hawk who was a Sauk leader. The war occured just after the Natives crossed the Mississippi and where about to venture to the federal territory for their stay.

                           The Second Seminole War, also referred as the Florida War, happened in 1835 and ended in 1842 in Florida. This war started because the Seminoles weren't happy about giving up their lands so they created a conflict towards the United States.

Trail of Tears Sign

Trail of Tears Map

Quarter 3 Blog Reflection

1. My best post was probably my first 2 because I put a lot of effort into it and I felt that I did good for doing a blog for the first time.

2. I would rewrite the Tecumseh Speech paragraph blog because I didn't fully complete it which made me get a 2 instead of a 5.

3. I'd have to say that my blog look average overall. I have most of the blogs posted, except for one that I forgot. I feel that my blog looks nice since I personalized it a bit, and that the pictures on the posts make it look even more better.

4. I like having to do blogs in the computer lab on Mondays because it's different than usual classroom work and technology is so common now that everyone likes going on computers. From doing blogs, I've learned various things such as the US, presidents, treaties, Native Americans, Supreme Court cases, Ferguson, slavery, election day, wars, etc. In my opinion, doing classworkwith computers is much more fun and it's an interesting way of learning.