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Japanese Expansion

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1Who was the last shogun of Japan?Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who resigned and returned all power to the Emperor.
2What did the last shogun want to do to strengthen Japan yet failed to do.Modernize Japan and keep foreign states from Japan.
3Why did the Tosa clan want the shogun to resign?They feared his reforms wold give him the powers of the emperor.
4Why did the Boshin War start?The Satsuma and Chosu clan opposed giving Yoshinobu any political power as the Tosa suggested.
5Apart from Britain; who was interested in beginning trading relations with Japan?The USA. They had done a few attempts of communication for trade but they were repelled away by Japanese ships
6What did Commodore Perry do when he was on Japan.He threatened Japan that if they did not accept the trade negotiations they would attack.
7What were the shishi?"Men with high purpose" Fanatics who were willing to die for their cause.
8What did the shishi wanted instead of the modernization of Japan?To stay in traditional technology and traditional ways of government such as the feudal system instead of replacing them with newer technology.
9After their victory in a civil war, the Satsuma-Choshu renamed what place to Tokyo?The imperial court in Edo.
10What religious belief became an official state belief after the Meiji Restoration and played a part in pro-emperor nationalism?That all imperial families were descendants of the Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu.