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Flashcards by Fernanda Pacheco, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| JAPAN AND THE U.S | FERNANDA PACHECO BERNAL 5ºB |
| Many Western countries were increasingly interested in the expansion of Japan | U.S. first attempts of a trading relationship were in 1837-1846 |
| On July 1853, Commodore Perry arrived with 4 warships to demand Japan´s response to the commercial agreements | |
| Although some of Japan´s political leaders favored national resistance, they finally agreed to the Treaty of Kanagawa in March 1854 | The US followed up the 1854 treaty with other treaties. So Japna signed the Treaty of Amity and Commerce in 1858 |
| Japan was gradually pressured into signing similar treaties with other Western nations | |
| Meiji Restoration 1868 | |
| Since these treaties were signed without the emperor´s consent, pro imperial and anti-Western were able to stir upp anti-government sentiments and movements | "Eastern morals and Western science" |
| SHISHI | Fanatics who were prepared to kill and die for the resistance |
| YOSHIDA SHOIN wanted the feudal system to be transformed in a way in which, by establishing greater national unity | In 1866, the emperor died and was replaced by emperor Meiji. In 1868 the imperial system continued without interruptions in Japan. |
| "Enrich the country, streghten the military" | One of the main aims of the system was to prevent Japan from falling into control of the Western powers |
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