HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A Attempt to maintain an ample amount of peasant farmers to produce
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B They believed that to move up to another class was only possible after being reborn into a new
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C They wished to limit the right to vote for the king to as few people as possible
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D The samurai wished to maintain their power in society as elite warriors and allowing social mobility would reduce their power.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As modern militaries emerged in the 19th century, the samurai were rendered increasingly obsolete and very expensive to maintain compared to the average conscript soldier. The Meiji Restoration ended their feudal roles, and they moved into professional and entrepreneurial roles.
Detailed explanation-2: -The most important feature of the medieval period is that the samurai (warrior-administrators) replaced the court government in managing local government. Because the court government had no police force, bands of samurai gained power when the Heian government neglected the administration of the provinces.
Detailed explanation-3: -After Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan, samurai military services were rarely needed. Though they continued to train daily, samurai gradually transformed from warriors to bureaucrats. As townspeople acquired new wealth, the samurai, barred from engaging in commerce, found themselves in dire circumstances.
Detailed explanation-4: -Samurai were the noble [warrior] class in Japan and fifth on the Tokugawa class hierarchy. The samurai constituted about 10% of the population and functioned as soldiers in the employment of a lord in a master-warrior feudal relationship.