END OF JAPANESE ISOLATION AND MEIJI RESTORATION GLOBAL

END OF JAPANESE ISOLATION AND MEIJI RESTORATION GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY | 10 TH GRADE BOYS & GIRLS 06 MARCH 2021

END OF JAPANESE ISOLATION • DURING 1600 S TOKUGAWA SHOGUN CLOSED JAPAN FROM EUROPEAN CONTACT • 1 N 1854 COMMODORE MATTHEW PERRY BROUGHT LETTER FORM US PRESIDENT FILLMORE • U. S MILITARY POWER FORCED THE JAPANESE SHOGUN TO SIGN A TREATY WITH THE US.

EFFECT OF THE TREATY OF KANAGAWA • JAPANESE PORTS WERE TO BE OPENED TO FOREIGN NATIONS • MANY EUROPEAN NATIONS SIGNED SIMILAR TREATIES WITH JAPAN • JAPANESE LOST FAITH IN THE LEADERSHIP OF SHOGUN • MANY FELT THAT JAPAN SHOULD MODERNIZE • A REBELLION BY DAIMYOS AND SAMURAI OVERTHREW THE SHOGUN AND BROUGHT EMPEROR TO POWER – MEIJI RESTORATION.

MEIJI RESTORATION • MEIJI – ENLIGHTENED RULE. • BORROWING FROM THE WEST: • SENT A DELEGATION TO THE WEST TO LEARN ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION SYSTEM OF THE WEST. • WESTERN EXPERTS WERE INVITED TO TEACH IN JAPANESE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

ECONOMIC REFORM • LAND REFORM WAS DONE TO TAKE LAND AWAY FROM THE DAIMYO AND GIVEN TO THE PEASANTS DIRECTLY – GOVERNMENT GOT TAXES. • TAX MONEY WAS USED TO SET UP BUSINESSES AND FACTORIES THAT GOVERNMENT SOLD TO WEALTHY BUSINESS FAMILIES – ZAIBATSUS. • GOVERNMENT ALSO SUPPORTED THE ECONOMY BY BUILDING BANKING AND POSTAL SYSTEMS.

GOVERNMENT REFORM • GERMAN MODEL OF GOVERNMENT WAS ADOPTED. • A STRONG CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WAS SET UP. • A TWO HOUSE (LEGISLATURE) PARLIAMENT WAS SET UP WITH ONE ELECTED BY LIMITED SUFFRAGE. • A CONSTITUTION GAVE THE EMPEROR AUTOCRATIC POWER.

MILITARY REFORM • SAMURAI WAS ABOLISHED • ALL MEN HAD TO SERVE THE ARMED FORCES THROUGH COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE • A STRONG MILITARY WAS BUILT WITH STRONG NAVY AND ARMY. • JAPAN DEFEATED CHINA IN KOREA AND RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA • JAPAN BECAME ONE OF THE STRONGEST WORLD POWERS

SOCIAL REFORM • A SYSTEM OF PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM WAS ESTABLISHED. • UNIVERSITIES WERE SET UP WITH WESTERN INSTRUCTORS TO TEACH TECHNOLOGY • THE JAPANESE

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