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[Global History 10] My Rough Draft for my essay...

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Originally Posted by Essay Directions
Choose two of the economic systems mentioned in the historical context and for each
  • Describe the characteristics of the economic system
  • Discuss the impact of the economic system on a specific nation or region or on a group of people
I choosed Manorialism and Communism

Rough Draft:

There may be many ways that an economic system can have an impact on a nation or group in a short or long period of time. Like, lets take Manorialism for example. Manorialism was mostly used in medieval times for when you had to have land separated into certain sections for certain classes in a manor. Lets say we have a lord, a church, and serfs. With Manorialism, the land would be split up, into three sections. Not three sections like, “Ok, we have serfs over here, lords land over here, and church land over here”. We have it split up like “We have a strip of land here, and we need to split it horizontally and respectively give parts of the land to lords, serfs, and the church.”. This way, people know which land is theres, and it's more organized. Serfs get their own crops, lords get theirs, etc. There's another thing about manorialism that can effect the economy. Lets say the Lord doesn't want to make his own crops. Sure, he's the lord, why do it himself? So, he hires a fellow serf to do it. He then realizes, he cannot FORCE this man to work for him. That would have the serfs rebel, cause commotion, revolution, all sorts of stuff. So, he makes a simple rule, “To find a man to mow for two days receiving food as above; it is estimated that he can mow 1 ½ acres in 2 days; etc” In simplified terms: You mow the field, you get lots of food. With this theory, the serf works, he gets the lord's field done, gets food, and the lord gets his field done, and relaxes. Everyone wins!

Lets look at another type of economic system. Lets look at . . . Communism! Communism is basically a system of government that is simaler to socialism, but it abolishes private ownership. It mostly has a form of government where all the economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. In simplified terms, No class system, No private property, private businesses, and the state owns everything. The best part? The state IS the people. This looks how Post WWII China looked like. What they would say was “All land that is owned by the state, is owned by the people.” This would effect the economy HOW? Well, there would be no more arguments on the land that much. Or it could make more arguments. Depends. This would also let people feel more better with their jobs.


This is supposed to just be somewhat straight to the point, but still long enough to look like an essay...

What do you think? Correct me, please!
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