Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Meiji Resoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration accord during the later part of the 19th century. It was started by Emperor Meiji after the previous Emperor allowed American ships to dock in Japan to re-supply. It was cause by this because first: the Emperor broke one of their most important laws which stated that Japan will not make contact with the rest of the world, but mainly the Restoration came about because when the American's came in their steam ships the new Emperor Meiji saw how far behind Japan was with the rest of the world.
He wanted Japan to regain its position as seeming to be the most advanced and best country of the world which is why the law that no one in Japan would make contact with the other countries. He sent 'spies' to other countries to learn from their advances and then bring the information back to Japan so they could adapt it to their culture. From the moment they agents stepped on a boat their mission started as they went around the ship and drew detailed plans on the function of all the mechanisms.
When they reached their country they visited factories and some military facilities and took very detailed notes on how everything was organized and how everything worked. After they gathered as much info as they could or all that they needed they would go back to japan and workers would start building off the notes and any blue prints they brought back. You could say this all started because of Japan's jealousy that they were no longer the best.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Karl Marx and Communism

Karl Marx was the creator of evil Communism. He was German but his ways of thinking would greatly effect Russia as we know. He was a very wheal learned person being a philosopher, Historian, social scientist, and a great thinker. He got his ideas from how he saw factories being run from the Industrial Revolution. He thought workers weren't treated wheal and were over worked. He believed that the workers not the landlords should own the factories. He believed in a system of equality were no one worked for anyone. They all worked cooperatively for the benefit of the factory. If their were too many people of the factory floor and their were people needed for paper work then some people working on the floor would go up and do paperwork.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolution

Karl Marx was a German and was the man who created communism (boooo). He didn't have an opinion on the industrial Revolution as a whole but he felt the factories weren't run wheal. He thought that the workers not the landlords should own the factories. Also he felt that the factories were much to dangerous and the workers weren't treated wheal.
He believed that the workers of the world should unit and re create the way factories are run. He believed that all the workers and owners of the factories are equal. Probably in the sense in no one has a specific job. Everyone does the job that needs to be done. If everyone is on the plant floor with extras and paperwork needs to be done then the extras will go and do the paper work.