Causes of Japan's expansion

Question	Answer
JAPANESE NATIONALISM	Image: Japanese Woman (image/jpeg)
Image: Gr7 Ch12 Pg332 1 (binary/octet-stream)	Seclusion Before 1600's: various clans had chance to lead *1600's ~ 1867: Tokugawa clan who ruled
Image: Tokugawa Clan Black Gold Seal Shirt (image/jpeg)	Leader: Shogun Domination = national unity *Superiority of Japanese culture (belief)
JAPAN AND US	Image: Depositphotos 29961237 Stock Illustration Usa And Japanese Grunge Flag (image/jpeg)
Image: Commodore+Perry+Meeting+The+Japanese+Commissioners (image/jpeg)	1853: Commodore Perry threatened Japan March 1854: Tokugawa shogunate (and the emperor's court) opened Japan's ports [TREATY OF KANAGAWA] *Modernization vs. Traditional in Japan. More treaties
MEIJI RESTORATION, 1868	Image: Meiji Joukyou (image/jpeg)
Image: 220px Yoshida Shoin (image/jpeg)	Pro-imperial, anti-Western faction: against govenment Shishi: prepare to kill and die for this movement *YOSHIDA SHION: Leader. Executed in 1859
Image: Meiji01 (image/jpeg)	Emperor persuaded by Chushu ~ anti-Westener Policy 1866: emperor died. MEIJI (15) replaced him. Influenced my the opposition *Political authority returned to the emperor. Avoid Japan to experience other Asian nations' fate

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