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Japan: The Meiji Period
- Influencing Factors
- Russia
- causes
- wanted to increase its
trading along with the
pacific coast
- traded with the Ainu and
gained control of the Kruli island
- effects
- Japan claimed the Kruli Island and
drove the Russians from it.
- government made their
isolation policy strict
- European Nations
- causes
- Dutch East India hired
ships tp carry its trade to
Asia and Japan.
- Western ideas were
being circulated at
Deshima
- effects
- Japan expelled
all foreingers
- only ships with special
documents could come
into Deshima
- USA
- causes
- wanted trade
agreement with
Japan, and
threatened to use
of force if they
disagree
- effects
- people who disagreed
with the Bafuku called for
the emperor to come back
as a ruler
- ended up
signing
contract
- China
- causes
- signed an unequal trade
agreement with Britain
- effects
- abandoned the don't-think-twice
edict because of their fear of Britain
- realized the power of
the english forces
- Changes
- Political
- the young leaders realized that the
people needed a symbol to help
develop nationalism feelings
- the emperor showed the people
that the shogun and bafuku were
no longer in charge
- started constitutional
gov't
- the capital moved from
Kyoto to Edo
- class systems were abolished which
allowed people to choose their jobs
- Economic
- gov't owned businesses were
sold to private buisnesses
- new plants
and factories
- hired western experts
- after the Meiji period,
Japan's national income
doubled
- new industries were owned
by gov't
- Social
- feudal system
was eliminated
- Daimyo became one
class with the court
nobility
- the Samurai class became
unimportant
- commoners were people who could
move to higher positions and get
paid more
- farmers could sell
their land to pay
for taxes
- education
was made
free and
available for
all
- Cultural
- Japan became a more
modernized society
- centralized family state
- more people became educated
- respected family and social values
- Japanese culture became famous
- Military
- Japan quickly took
Korea from China
- was required to
use a moral code
- used the british navy
and german army as its
models
- Japan used the military
conscripition that was
influenced by the frenchies
- with a strong military, the
gov't could bring, change
and defeat any internal
opposition