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Imperialism in Japan

Imperialism in Japan. Isolation. An End to Isolation. Tokugawa shogunate had isolated Japan from virtually all contact from the outside world. Only maintained formal relations with Korea, and informal trading links with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki.

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Imperialism in Japan

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  1. Imperialism in Japan

  2. Isolation

  3. An End to Isolation • Tokugawa shogunate had isolated Japan from virtually all contact from the outside world. • Only maintained formal relations with Korea, and informal trading links with Dutch and Chinese merchants at Nagasaki. • Foreign shipwrecked sailors were held captive, displayed in cages

  4. Perry Expeditions • 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry, fleet of American warships arrive in Edo Bay (Tokyo). • Perry sought to, “bring a singular and isolated people into the family of civilized nations” • Brought with him a letter from president Millard Fillmore

  5. Fillmore’s Letter… • Asked for better treatment of sailors shipwrecked on the Japanese islands • Opening of foreign relations between the United States and Japan • Question ultimately decided by the guns of Commodore Perry’s ships. • Under military pressure, Japan granted concessions, or political compromises

  6. Treaty of Kanagawa • Opened new ports to Western traders, and established a U.S. consulate in Japan. • Japan learns from China* * Japan eventually recognizes that colonies provided Western powers with sources of raw materials, inexpensive labor, and markets for their manufactured products. Motto becomes, “Strengthen the army”

  7. If you can’t beat em, join em… • To compete, Japan would also have to expand. • Goes to war with China over control of Korea, • Japan wins, also acquires Taiwan • Defeat Russia’s Baltic fleet.

  8. Do NowWhat was the Meiji Restoration? Pronounced May-jee Emperor Mutsuhito

  9. Japan Reforms and Joins the West • Meiji Restoration • Unites the Japanese nation under a single ceremonial ruler- the emperor. • His advisers were the ones running the country • Abolition of feudalism gave Japanese people opportunities to work in new fields brought on by the Industrial Revolution • Government promoted this industrial reform by paying for then selling to private individuals • Gov’t introduced national education system- most Japanese attended public school for 6 years • Created a Constitution and an elected parliament- governments just like they had in the west • Changed legal system • Western nations recognized these changes and acknowledge Japan as an equal • Imperialist Japan • Japan begins to conquer foreign lands • Takes over Korea, Part of China, and Taiwan • Creates a Sphere of Influence in China – but forced to return by European nations • Defeats Russia in war to protect its colony of Korea

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