Week #6

"Problem of Eurocentrism" 
- This is the bias point of view on western civilization
- Schools began to only teach about western civilization
- This is a big deal and still a problem today because even educators believe that the courses are to heavily based on Europe. So they changed the name from "Western Civilization" to "World History"
Atlanitc Revolutions 
- French                                              
- North America
- Haiti
- Spanish
"Echoes"
-Still feel it surrounds you 
- Impacts
- Back and forth
Came out after enlightenment period when we adopted the idea of popular soveirgnty, freedom/ liberty, and equality. So a lot of movements were brought out during this time, and they often worked together to become stronger and to be heard more. 

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