1. Japan Modernizes

2. Structure Shoguns- military dictators Daimyo help shoguns control

3. Tokugawa Period * Feudalism returns * Closed Japan * Forbade overseas
travel
* Nagasaki- only Dutch allowed limited trade

4. Development Strains Society
* Daimyo wealth in land, need $ in commercial society, samurai too
* Merchants- bottom of society
* Peasants- heavy taxes

5. External Pressure

7. I remember the Chinese losing to the British.
I remember the Chinese losing to the British.
I don’t want that to happen!

8. Commodore Matthew Perry
July 1853 sails into Tokyo on Pres. Fillmore’s order
Demands Japan open diplomatic & commercial exchange

9. What to do?

10. Treaty of Kanagawa, 1854 Open two ports to Americans
U.S. later wins other rights
Extraterritoriality
Low taxes on U.S. imports
Euro soon follow too
Japanese humiliated

11. http://alumni. ox. compsoc. net/~gemini/simons/historyweb/meiji-resto

12. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: What problems weakened shogun rule in Japan mid-1800s?
Q: What caused Japan to end over 200 years of seclusion?

13. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: What problems weakened shogun rule in Japan mid-1800s?
Q: What caused Japan to end over 200 years of seclusion?
A: Financial hardship, social resentment, taxes, corruption
A: A display of power by the U.S.

14. Daimyo & samurai lead revolt

15. Emperor Mutshito- “Meiji”
Meiji Restoration
“A rich country, a strong military”
Study Western ways, adopt to Japan

16. Modern Govt 1889- Meiji Const. Emperor- abs pwr Diet- Legislature
Elected house
House appointed by emperor
Lmtd voting
End samurai- all men subject to military

17. Industrialization Modernize
Gov build factory & sell to wealthy to develop
Zaibatsu- banking/industry families
Pop grows, cities too
Homogenous society emerges

18. Sino- Japanese War 1894 China- more resources Japan- modernized
Japan wins
Gets control of Taiwan from China

19. Korea in the Middle
Tributary state (independent, but acknowledges supremacy of stronger state-China)
Japan eyes Korea
Forces K to open ports to Japan

20. Russo- Japanese War

21. Russo-Japanese War, 1904 Japan defeats Russians in Manchuria
Asian beats Euro!

22. This political cartoon, intended for foreign distribution, was published by Japan a month after the start of the war. Entitled "A Humorous Diplomatic Atlas of Europe and Asia," it depicts Russia as a "black octopus."

23. Treaty of Portsmouth Japan controls Korea & Manchuria

24. Japan Rules Korea Protectorate – annex Developed Harsh rule
Protest/nationalist mvmt
March First Movement (est. 1919)
Early 1900s- Japan dominates Asia

25. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.

26. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
A1: Japan est a Western-style govt
This strengthened the military

27. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
A2: Japan built modern factories
This boosted the economy

28. Review: Copy the question and discuss the answer with a neighbor.
Q: List three ways in which Japan modernized. Explain how each of these actions helped strengthen Japan so it could resist Western pressure.
A3: Japan ended legal distinctions among classes
This allowed more people to work toward nation-building