The Meiji Restoration of Japan.

Matthew Perry arrived on the coasts of Japan to 'negotiate', but he was actually tricking them. Japan was an isolated country, and they didn't want to trade with anyone. The British and the United States wanted a friendly Pacific port, where trading would take place. Commodore Perry wasn't negotiating, as much as bulling Japan. Japan hadn't seen anything like it before.

The United States bullied Japan through a display of military might. Perry brought an impressive naval force to Japan. The Japanese were amazed that their ships had no sails. Perry intentionally did this, to show Japan how advanced the United Sates were. These ships impressed the Japanese. Also, on March 31, 1854, a trading treaty was signed. The treaty meant that Japan would open two ports for trading.

During the 'Meiji Era', Japan had became industrialized. This was because the country was introduced to trading. Japan was now being exposed to other goods and resources. Their government expanded, and their country became modernized. Japan was an archipelago, which meant that their country was made up of a chain of islands. This was an advantage to them because they had many ports which lead to an impact on their economy.

Karl Marx and Communism.

Karl Marx's idea of communism changed the way people lived. The Communist Manifesto (a famous work published in 1848) set principals in which communism was supposed to evolve from. Marx wanted communism to take over the world for the better. There would be a classless society. The Industrial revolution came with low wages, dangerous working conditions, and pollution. Marx saw that factory owners were getting more and more rich, whereas the workers stayed poor.

To Karl Marx, the good guys were the factory workers, and the bad guys were the owners. The workers were doing nothing wrong, there was just too many of them. But that's the point. Since there were so many more workers than owners, why should they be treated the way they were? The owners were the bad guys because they received most of the money, and they weren't the ones working. Communism would change all of this. Everyone would make the same amount of money, and no one would be able to own property. Everything belonged to the government.

Karl Marx and the Industrial Revolutuion.

Karl Marx did not like the Industrial Revolution. He felt that the workers should have more power than they did. Since there were alot more workers than owners, why shouldn't they? He wanted to start a revolution, hence the quote 'Workers of the world unite.' The working conditions in the factory were harsh and dangerous. The pollution shortened people lives who lived nearby. Marx had a theory that the only way there was going to be a change of power, was by a revolution. Marx invented a new system called communism. This theory is also known as Marxist Dialectic.

The Industrial revolution influenced him to invent communism, an improved and classless society. However, it wasn't for the benefits of everyone. Mostly just the factory owners. Marx saw that the Industrial Revolution was making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. He didn't like the fact that there were tons more workers than owners, and that the workers had extremely low wages. His idea of communism would have everyone working for the same amount of money, and society would produce only what it needed. Also, he thought that everything should be owned by the government, and that no one could have private ownership of anything.