The Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration ocurred in the later half of the 19th century. Japan is an isolated country. It had been locked away from other countries for years because they were imperialistic. In 1868 a Tokogawa shogun who ruled japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emporer came into power and restored Japan. The emperor name was Meiji, he chose that name because it meant "enlightened rule" and also which the even was called THE MEIJI RESTORATION. Since the emporer was restored head of Japan, the nation had a weak military. The country also had lack of technoligical development. This caused United States and Europe took advantage of this by making them sign treaties which limited their supply of trade and in japanese citizens that live in the western parts will not be tried as the Meiji way when they do crime, however they will be tried as western citizens in court. When the emperor fell to his death in 1912, japan had many benifits to his death. They had a highly centralized bureaucratic government, a well developed transportation and communication system, a powerful army, a highly educated populations and free of feudal class restrictions.

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx idea of communism was very unique. He was a philisopher, social scientist, historian, and revolutionary. He was one of the most influential social thinker of the 19th century. He invented communism and believed it very strongly. Communism is a society where everyone is equal. He believed that every working class should have the same wealth. Everyone share the same income.He wanted everyone to be equal. Karl Marx didn't believe in unique talents. Industrial Revolution influenced him to invent communism. He observed the way the poor get payed less while the rich get payed more. He wanted everyone to be happy. He didn't think people would feel this strongly against communism. In my opinion I believe that his idea of communism was a smart idea, however it didn't work out. I liked the way he approached in thinking of communism by observing industrial revolution. I believe that he thinks that the message of communism was not to anger anyone it was a token of peace. He relates to John Lennon allot.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a German. He believed that the way the factory's were run on industrial revolution was necessary to build a capitalist society which also led him to think it was a necessity precursor to the development of socialism and eventually communism. He was dismayed by the way workers were treated in the factory's and mills. He influenced workers of the world to unite in a worldwide revolution. He invented communism which came from the word common. He also quoted that " workers rather than landlords should control the factory's".I believe that his idea and perspective of the industrial revolution were correct, however he went wrong into inventing communism.