The Events of Epoch Three

In history, we were all assigned different epochs and with a group, we are supposed to come up with the most three questions about each epoch. After we came up with the questions about the epochs, we need to give specific events to answer the questions. My group was given epoch 3.

How does one society's conflicts and progressions become an international issue?
We directly related this question to World War One. We decided to use World War One as an example because it started with just a few countries and ended up being a world war. This happened because Franz Ferdinand, the heir of Austria- Hungary, was killed by the Black Hand (a Serbian nationalist secret society). The conflicts between two groups led to an entire world war. Also, another example of how one country's beliefs during World War I can lead to global conflict is the political change in Russia to communism. This conflicted with other countries political beliefs which only made Russia a target. The Scientific revolution is an example of how one society's progression and achievement can become global. The newly found math and science tools lead to people beginning to question religion and lean more toward the scientific facts. This changed a lot of people's lifestyles because they questioned the church and this helped lead to the French Revolution. 

Why are leaders important to society?
Our group connected this to the Napoleonic Era. Napoleon, a french leader, lead France away from corruption and destruction after the French Revolution. He made France advanced politically, and economically. By doing this, Napoleon made France a powerful and distinguished country that was highly recognized by lots of other countries. France was a country to look up to, and that was only done with the help of Napoleon, their leader.

Why and how do societies expand and diminish?
We found that the European expansion to America was a pretty obvious example of how societies expand. They sent over people over to America to explore the continent that had never been heard of by them before. Europe settled in America in order to get more territory and power. After more Europeans came over to America, they started exterminating the Native Americans as well as contaminating them with diseases brought over by Europe.  That is how that society diminished. Europe also expanded over to Africa and created European colonies over there and that is another example of how societies expand. The Europeans took over and controlled all of the African people and forced them to follow their religion and rules of society. Europeans brought some of the people from Africa to America so they could be slaves, this started to diminish their society but not all of it.