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I can identify the importance of Matthew C. Perry.
Who is known for the communist ideas?
A.Karl MarxB.Adam SmithC.Thomas JeffersonD.Matthew Perry
Ok – so where are we?
• Industrial Revolution has changed life
– https://www.youtube.com/user/olympic?feature=watch
• Communism and Capitalist ideas have spread
Industrial Revolution SPREADING
• From England
• ….to the United States– Textiles, factories, railroads
• …to Germany– Copied England– Became a military GIANT
• Could this lead to war?
Industrialization in Japan
• What type of foreign interaction did Japan have during the Tokugawa shogunate?– Closed country policy
• Japan was isolated with the industrialized world except with the China and Dutch merchants
• How do you think this made Westerners feel?– Angry, frustrated!
• Westerners tried to convince the Japanese to open their ports– Japan repeatedly refused them
• In 1853, U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry took 4 ships into modern day Tokyo Harbor– Black wooden ships powered by steam
astounded the Japanese– Canons!
• Perry delivered President Millard Fillmore’s letter and threatened to come back with a larger fleet in a year
What do you think the Japanese shogun decided to do?
Treaty of Kanagawa – Japan agreed to open two ports for the U.S. to take on supplies
Draw the Treaty of Kanagawa
• After the United States had pushed open the door, what do you think the other Western powers did?
• They soon followed. (In China as well)
• Foreigners were given permission to trade at several treaty ports
• The Japanese were angry that the shogun had given in to the foreigners’ demands.– Who should they turn to?
• Japan’s young emperor – Mutsuhito – symbolized the country’s sense of pride and nationalism
– In 1867, the Tokugawa shogun stepped down ending the military dictatorships that had lasted since the 12th century
• Mutsuhito chose the name MEIJI for his reign“– enlightened rule”
• Ruled for 45 years – known as the Meiji era
Now that the foreigners are allowed in, what can Meiji do to compete with the West?
• 1.
• 2.
MODERNIZE• Sent diplomats to Europe and
N. America to study Western ways
• Used Germany’s constitution as a model for their own
• Attempted to modernize their military to imitate the German and British navy
• Adopted the American system of universal public education
• Sent students abroad to study
Accelerated Industrialization• Built its first railroad line that
connected Tokyo with the port of Yokohama– 7,000 miles of railroad
• Coal production grew from .5 million in 1875 to 21 million in 1913
• Built thousands of factories; zaibatsus (large family-controlled businesses)
• Shipbuilding
• Tea processing and silk production increased
Summing it all up• How did Meiji change Japan?• Write, draw, make a song, etc.
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