Japan and the US/The Meiji Restoration

1837 and 1846
1. USA: Gun boat diplomacy in order to secure trading relations with Japan
  1. Commodore Perry arrived in 1853
The Tokugawa shogunate
1. Treaty of Kanagawa in 1854
  1. Opened two ports of Japan to US trade
  2. Treaty of Amity and Commerce with the US in 1858
1868
1. Resistance known as "Shishi" against Western "barbarians"
  1. Yoshida Shoin
    1. Executed in 1859 for anti-government activities and involvement in an assasination plot
  2. Nationalist resentment at Western interference
    1. Chosu clan leaders: Adopt an anti-Western policy
      1. Satsuma clan joined them in the fighting of the 1860´s
        Satsuma-Chosu clans were victorious
        Edo was renamed "Tokyo"
        Imperial system
        "Enrich the country, strengthen the military" to prosper
    2. Modernize Japan´s armies
1866
1867
1. The emperor died and was replaced by Meiji
2. Shogun persuaded to restore political authority to the emperor

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	Created by CAROLINA RODRIGUEZ BERNAL about 7 years ago