Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Mejii Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry was the U.S. commodore in 1853. He went to Japan in order to have a rest stop for the ships that might go have to go through Japan. Japan at this time was isolated from everyone else because they thought there views on life were much better then tht of any one elses. The Japanese were impressed at the ships that Matthew Perry brought, because they were steam powered ships and they had cannons on the side. The Japanese economy changed after Japan started to become more industrialized. The mass production had changed the way Japanese worked with their money. Japan modernized by having statesmen go to othger countries such as Europe and north america and learn the views of life and how they study. Also they learned about the government. Then the statesmen came back and told the emperor all they saw on their trip. This changed the japanese government because after this thgey took the idea of a constitution and made their own then they began to take over other countries. This way they could prove that they were not a weak country. Japan is a archepelago that means that its a chain of islands. Japan is many islands that form into one country.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the industrial revolution. He believed that the workers should overthrow the capitalist system. The workers should change capitalism and change it to communism. This way they would share wealth and own property. Karl Marx joined a small group of radicals. The group named themselves the "Communist League".He was asked to write a manifesto. Marx said that the communist where the ones who best understood the struggle of the workers.

Karl Marx and Communism

Communism has no class system. This way there would be no rich or poor. In other words no Bourgeoisie and no proletariat. The bourgeoiusie were the job owners and the land owners who made all the money. The proletariat were the working class who were exploited by the bourgeoisie. Communism is a system of political organization. Marx thought that the world should become communist because it was a great way to live, according to Marx. Marx saw the workers as the good guys, they worked constantly and got paid very little it was unfair. The bosses of the places were considered the bad guys because they were treating the workers as scum. They did not pay their workers the money they deserved.