Japanese Expansion

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Karen Itzel Pérez Sánchez 5° ¨B¨ Pages: 20, 21 and 22. Workbook.
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JAPAN The result of Seclusion: Feudal Structure The real power rested... Tokuwaga clan - Samurai Clan: -National Unity -Policy of Seclusion
Last Shogun: Tokugawa Yoshinobu ¨Keiki¨ -Modernize & Strengthen Japan´s Gov´t Other Samurai Clans: Satsuma Chosu VS Keiki Tosa Then... Satsuma & Chosu VS Tosa Because Tosa had different wantings
Boshin War (1867) Satsuma & Chosu VS Tosa -Tosa suggested that Yoshinobu should resign as shogun and, instead, head new national council. -Satsuma and Chosu were opposed to the Tosa suggestion. They did not want Keiki to have any power, in case he was able to dominate it.
Japan & US ¨Commercial Agreements¨ The US was interested in extending its interest in Japan: -Securing trading relations were beaten off by Japanese ships - Gun- Boat Diplomacy US promise to return!
Treaty of Kanagawa (1854) -Japan´s policy of seclusion ended- -It opened up two of Japan´s ports to US trade, and granted the US the position of ¨Most favored- nation¨
Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1858) Japan signed the Treaty with the US: -This was opposed to the imperial court -Nationalist favored continuing seclusion and instead advocated ¨repelling the barbarians¨ Japan was gradually pressured into signing similar treaties with other Western nations
¨Unequal Treaties¨ Similar treaties were soon signed with Britain, France, and Russia. They granted extraterritorial rights to the citizens of the countries signing the treaties. These led to much nationalist resentment in Japan and in other affected countries.
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