how do you create a thesis statement for a topic about the Tokugawa?

Question

the tokugawa era was a time of violence and social upheaval in japan? would that be a good thesis statement

Answer 1

You create a thesis by first learning the subject matter. Then narrow your ideas until you find one of interest, and one that you can, hopefully, prove or disprove. J/S

A thesis (from Greek position) is an intellectual proposition. A thesis statement is the statement that begins a formal essay or argument, or that describes the central argument of an academic paper or proposition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis

In linguistics, a sentence is a unit of language, characterized in most languages by the presence of a finite verb. For example, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence_%28linguistics%29

The Tokugawa period, unlike the shogunates before it, was supposedly based on the strict class hierarchy originally established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The warrior-caste of samurai were at the top, followed by farmers, artisans, and traders.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate

Answer 2

You could go for the Gibbons Approach with: "The Rise and Fall of the Tokugawa Shogunate, 1603-1867"

"The Seclusion Policies of the Tokugawa Shogunate: Sealing Off A Nation"

"Hierarchy Of The Class System Under The Tokugawa Shogunate"

"The Influence Of Confucianism On The Tokugawa Shogunate"

Answer 3

well, since a thesis statement is like an overall statement which your whole paper is about, you should make it pretty broad. and it needs to be direct. "the tokugawa were a bloodthirsty and dreadful group" or "the tokugawa era was the most productive and great era for japan." remember your whole paper revolves around this statement. so what are your paragraghs going to be about? what will they support?