Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry forced Japan into changing the way they saw the world. He changed the way they saw the world not only economicaly but politicaly too. Matthew Perry also "bullied" Japan into signing the treaty of Kanagawa because the United States needed suplies whenever U.S. ships were out of supplies such as food, water, and coal. The Japanesse were impressed at the ships Matthew Perry brought, because they were steam powered ships and they had cannons. The Japanesse economy changed after Japan became industrialized. Their mass production had changed the way Japanesse worked, Japan had also modernized by having statesman go to learn about government in other countries. The Japanesse took the idea of constitution and made their own. Japan is a Archpelago which means that its a chain of islands. Japan are many islands that form one country.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx's idea of Communism was that workers would share wealth in a communist society. Wealth would be distributed according to their abilities, and according to their needs.Communism is a system of social organization based on holding all property in common. Karl Marx wanted Communism to take over the world because he wanted workers to be treated fairly. He also believed that power should be given to workers and that wealth should be shared within each other. Karl Marx Believed that we should all be equal.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial Revolution. He hated the fact that the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. Karl Marx Felt that workers should unite against the Factory owners. He Thought that factories were unsafe and needed to change. He saw that Industrial cities were being polluted and many people were dying. The Industrial Revolution inspired Karl Marx to invent communism because he saw many negative outcomes related to the revolution.