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Commodore Perry’s Fleet
1853: U.S. Commodore
Matthew Perry arrives with “Great White Fleet”
After what Opium War did to
China, Japan was very nervous that the same would happen to them
1868-1912: Turning point
in Japanese history! “rich country, strong military” Study and adopt Western ways to avoid becoming what China had become Reforms?
Modern gowenku.baidu.comernment
based on Western democracy Industrialization Some educational reforms
Results?
MASSIVE transformation
of Japanese society! Desire to “show off” new military
How Japan turned their country from FEUDALISM to FORCEFUL POWER in 20 years!
JAPANESE MODERNIZATION
Tokugawa Japan
1603: centralized
feudalism, closed Japan to foreigners, and forbade Japanese people to travel overseas (Dutch ONLY allowed at Nagasaki for TRADE ONLY) By 1800s, most Japanese were unhappy: shogun had lost power, daimyo’s wealth declining, and peasants paid heavy taxes!
Forced to sign unequal
treaties 1867: New Emperor Mutsuhito takes over, moves capital to Edo (renamed TOKYO) Begins MEIJI Restoration
Meiji Restoration
Sino-Japanese War 1894 Russo-Japanese War 1905 Japan annexes Korea in
1910: harsh rule just like the West had done in Africa and Asia!
Koreans resist in 1919, but are brutally crushed! March First Movement