Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

How Matthew Perry "bullied" the Japanese into signing trade treaty ? He brought the U.S ship close to the cost of Edo(Tokyo) and he came down on to the cost of Edo and showed the Japan's that they had a superior navy force and had impressive technology, as to intimidate the Japan's in to signing the trade treaty.
What did he have that impressed the Japanese? Matthew Perry had and advance of technology and a strong navy ship that could destroy about thousands of Japan's samurai's.
How the Japanese economy changed during the Meiji Era? The Japanese economy changed they became modernize and they started to do industries and advance there army and technology.
How did they modernize and industrialize? They made toke the idea of schooling and replaced all the hero's of the other countries with there own. It also gave the government more power over the people. Also they would pick specific people to go to other countries to learn about culture, industries and military.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx idea of communism was based on his learning's and also of the influence of the people he had met during his years. But the main reason for his idea of communism was that the workers were treated so different from the richer and wealthier people, so he made communism so the poor had there fair amount of money.
COMMUNISM-is a system in were the ultimate power rest's with the people. It is that all the people are the same that no one is different and that every one would be treated the same and every one would share.
Karl Marx wanted communism to take over the world because he believed that all people could work together and share there money and improvement in life.

Karl Marx and The Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial revolution. He did not like the Industrial Revolution because of how the owners of the factory's treated the worker's. Also by the conditions of the factories. The conditions of the factories were not safe and very harsh. He did not like it because the owner's were exploiting the worker's and the owner's were the one's that become more richer and the worker's got more poor. The Industrial Revolution inspired Marx to invent communism. Communism was a word for the common. Were Marx would use to say that the money should be shared between the worker's because they are the one's that are working hard.