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Meiji Restoration

Ways of the World Outline Chapter 19

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2nd millennium
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Chapter 19 Empires in Collision: Europe, the Middle East, and East Asia 1800?1914 CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The Opium War (1839?1842) in China continues to resonate emotionally with many Chinese. 1. Britain?s violent intrusion and sale of addictive opium to China?s people 2. began what Chinese still describe as a ?century of humiliation? B. Most peoples of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America had to deal in some way with European imperialism. C. This chapter focuses on societies that faced internal crises while maintaining formal independence. D. Four main dimensions of European imperialism confronted these societies: 1. military might and political ambitions of rival European states

Mathew perry

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Matthew Perry, the Edo Period, and The Treaty of Kanagawa is a turning point in history because it opened trade with America, gave America a trade route to China, created a long-lasting friendship with America, piqued the American public's interest, ended Japan's Isolation, and created the means for Japan to become the world power it is today.? Evidence 1: It opened trade with America Source: About .com "Opening of Japan: Commodore Matthew C. Perry."?About.com Military History. 16 Nov. 2012 . Militaryhistory.about.com Evidence 2: It gave America a trade route to china Source: U.S. Navy museum ?Featured Document: The Treaty of Kanagawa.??Featured Document: The Treaty of Kanagawa.?

Japanese History Timeline

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Japanese Literature 9/13/10 1:44 PM History 1500 ? Lords are fighting for control of Japan 1600 ? Tokugawa Ieyasu becomes Shogun makes daimyo pay for expensive shrines makes Edo (Tokyo) capital brings in lords families? to stay in Edo 1635 ? Tokugawa Iemitsu decrees ?Closed country edict? 1853 ? Matthew Perry?s 4 ?Black Ships? arrive in Edo Bay 1855 ? Huge Earthquake (caused by catfish?who also brought wealth) 1500-1868 - Emperor: not a warrior, figurehead, just born into empire 1860: Send ship of Japanese to finalize treaty in America 1868 ? Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun, abdicates to emperor Meiji, emperor powerful again 1945 ? World War 2, Japan surrenders, emperor figurehead again Vocabulary Shogun ? barbarian-expelling generalissimo/military dictator
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