14Identify+major+developments+in+Japanese+history+in+the+19th+and+early+20th+centuries


 * 14. Identify major developments in Japanese history in the 19th and early 20th centuries (242-7):**

** A ** **. The Meiji Restoration: **

====Was a group of Japanese people who studied the western ideas. This helped move the Japanese economy. ====

The Meiji Rejuvenation were a group of leaders in Japan who were determined to study western industrialization and adapt it for Japan so they could slowly become better than the westerners in industries.

The Meiji Restoration was a group led by several Japanese leaders who studied western ideas of industrialization. By doing this, Japan was able to become an industrialized power. This really picked up Japan's economy.

The Meiji Restoration was a group of leaders who learned the ways of the Western's industrialization, after learning did the same in Japan. Resulted in Japan in a much better industrial state than the westerners. The meji were a dynasty the brought order and peace back to japan along with spreadign imperial rule whice changed japand political structure.

The Meiji Restoration brought back imperial rule and accelerated industrial growth.

The meiji restoration took western ideas and used them in favor of china.

The Meiji Restoration was a bracket of events that restored imperial rule to Japan. It led to various changes in Japan's political structure.

The Meiji reformers were committed to replacing the rigid old feudal order with a new political and social system and to building a modern economy.

An alliance between Saigo Takamori and Kido Takayoshi led to the foundation of the Meiji Restoration. One cause for the Meiji restoration was that the Japanese knew that they were behind the rest of the world.

During the 17th century the government of Tokugawa shongunate had rule Japan maintaining the country's isolation from the other nations. The Meji Restoration made many reforms that made the Japanese society better while keeping the emperors power.

The Meiji Restoration was the Japanese westernization in which the leader went to the west to learn the western ways. The Meiji restoration was when Japanese leaders wanted to learn Western ideas to get China to open doors to the world. One reason that the Meiji Restoration was necessary was that if they did not try to westernize and modernize then their army could have been easily defeated and their country taken over. The westernization of Japan which involved traditional ideas and new ones.

In 1867, discontented daimyo and samurai led a revolt that unseated the shogun. The restoration period lasted from 1868-1912. The Meiji reformers wanted to strengthen Japan and beat the Westerners.

The Meiji Restoration was a chain of events that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868. The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure.

The Meiji Restoration was an series of events that put imperial rule back in Japan and jumpstarted its economy to catch up with Westerners.

The Meiji Restoration was a group of Japanese leaders who learned the ways of the Westerners' industrialization. It brought back imperial rule and accelerated industrial growth. Meiji Reformers were focused on strengthening Japan against the West.

The Meiji Restoration was how a group of japanese nobles wanted to imperialize japan overnight. And immediately you saw changes, in the streets and in the government everything was influenced by imperialism.

The Meiji restoration was a turning point in Japanese history. The country was run by Meiji reformers, who were determined to protect Japan from western ways. They studied the western ways, adapted them to fit the needs of the Japanese needs, and ultimately overcome the power and influences of the western world.

Meiji emperor, supported by Satsuma, took control, and restored Japan to a sense of unity. The purpose of the Meiji Restoration was to remove Tokugawa Shogunate and restore power to emperor Komei. It was a series of events that made imerialism back in Japan and to catch up with the Western since they were behind.

The meji Restoration was a period of time in Japan that restored imperial rule to japan and brought japan into the modern era.

Was a reform that started under the rule of emporer Guaquxu

The Miji Restoration benefited Japan's growth because it lead to new advancements in technology and education. It started the building of schools and universitys and the influence of the industrial revolution also afftected it's transportation.

** B. the abolition of feudalism / class distinctions: **

The Meiji constitution stated that all citizens were equal yet at the same time the emperor was given complete power and had a diet with limited powers below him. The ruling oligarchy wanted to abolish feudal heritages to achieve political centralization. The Meiji reformers were committed to replacing the rigid old feudal order with a new political and social system, and to building a modern economy.

The abolition of fuedalism let all Japanese equal before law and made them all the subjects of the Emperor. This ended social hierarchy which took away class privileges for the wealthier and gave some to the poorer people.

The abolition of fuedalism and class destinctions allowed all of china to be equal and set rights straight.

This reinstated Imperialism in Japan and made everybody answer to the Emperor. It made the Emperor a complete monarch and allowed the economy to get into gear. Meiji took after the Germans example by making all citizens equal before the law but had a legislature or Diet in charge.

The abolition of feudalism was almost overnight and was caused by the Meiji restoration, the japanese wanted to be exactly like the westerners.

Before the Meiji Restoration Japan was still in the fuedal system, then during the Meiji Restoration Inflences and ideas from the west was intervened with Japanese culture and architecture which led to Japan being more modern.

The Meiji worked to and eventually succeeded in the abolition of social classes in Japan thus freeing all citizens to help to build the country.

The Japanese social classes were based on a feudal environment but were also influenced by the Chinese.

The abolition of feudalism was mainly to give japan a more centralism government and to create better life from everyone however the peasants faired little better than before they didn't have to pay the feudalist dues but they had new land taxes to pay.

** C. the borrowing and adaptation of western technology and industrial growth: **

It gave the Japaneses an opportunity to mass produce materials. That made material less expensive, that makes the Japaneses family's more apted to buy the products. Along with this, when the Japanese mass produce materials they make more money. With more money, they can make more reforms and get more technology. Getting western technology way a way for them to mass production which leads to cheaper product at less money used to make it. when european ways and culture finally made their way to japan they were able to easly adopt the new technology for the better to use and make their contry more civilized and better.

Political revolution in late 19th century led to industrialization. When Japanese people gained western technology, it helped them to get more technology, which in turned help us, because they produce some of our U.S. products.

When Japan borrowed western ideas it kick started tradeing and its economy out of the dark ages. The growth of industrialization in Japan helped stimulate their economy and eventually this led to them being one of the richest countries in the world. The money allowed them to also get a better army and become more powerful. The growth of industrialzation helped Japan become a wealthy country back in the day and led them to be very powerful now.

Meji leaders encouraged Japan's business class to adopt Western methods. They built roads, improved trading ports, set up bank systems, and organized a telegraph and postal system. Reformers also studied and adapted the German form of government, creating a constitution in which one of the main principles was the equality of citizens before the law.

Japan modernized how they produced their products by industrializing, which improved their economy.

When Japan borrowed western technology, they joined the rest of the world and became alike to many other cultures.

The Japanese adapted and borrowed western ideas such as the telegraph and railroads to have better communication and ship their good easier for trade.

Because Japan borrowed western technology, they were able to use that technology to industrialize. This gave them both a strong economy, and military.

During the Meiji Restoration Japan began to industrialize its cities and started to gain profits and soon had factories, Japan than westernized and added western technology to all their advancements.

After seeing that it was behind in modernization, Japan began to adopt Western ideas which led to the evolution of Japan, eventually making it one of the top countries in Asia.

Japan built railroads, banks, trading posts, and a postal system to improve their countries after they saw how behind they were in the race to modernize the area. It gave Japan a chance to produce mass products, meaning more money was more power back then.

Japan knew that it was lagging behind in the race of industrialization and tried to improve its position in the world by adopting western dress and ideas, such as factories and other forms of manufacturing.

Japan started the mass production of thing in order to make more money, they used factories and cash crops.

With growing western influences such as technology, education and culture Japan adapted it's own versions of these influences.
In the 1890s Japan was strong enough to force western powers to revise the unequal treaties, by then Japan was also acquiring its own overseas empires in competition with the West.
 * D. Japan’s growing role in international affairs from 1890-1939 (236, 246-7, 340-1):**

In 1898, emperor Guang Xu launched the Hundred Days of Reform, set out to modernize the civil service exams, streamline government, and encourage new industries.

In 1894 China and Japan had a war over Korea and Japan won easily due to their modernization, and they also won the island of Taiwain.

Japan had begun to imperialize into an empire, after its modernization. An example of this would be when Japan and China fought over who should control Korea. China had more resources, however Japan had more modernize warfare and easily won.