Modernization of Japan

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Modernization of Japan
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Ending Isolation

• Demand for foreign trade
• British, French, Russians failed
• Treaty of Kanagawa, 1854
• Opened two ports
• Others followed
• Meiji Reform and Modernization
• Sent diplomats to Europe and North America
• Modeled German constitution
• Universal public education
• Industrialization
• Railroads, coal production, tea processing, silk
  production, shipbuilding

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Imperial Japan

• Became the strongest military power in Asia
• Gained political, military and economic strength
• Abolished extraterritorial rights
• Sought power

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Japan Attacks China

• Peace over Korea was broken by the Chinese
• Japanese troops destroyed the Chinese navy and
  gained Taiwan and its neighboring islands as
  colonies
• Russo-Japanese War
• Russia and Japan fought over Manchuria
• Japan ended up winning Korea and Manchuria,
  Russians were forced to move out

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Japanese Occupation

• Attacked Korea and made it a protectorate
• Grabbed power from the Korean government
• 1910, Japan annexed Korea
• Harsh Rulers
• Shut down Korean newspapers took over schools
• Took land away from farmers and business away
  from Koreans, gave it to the Japanese
• Korean nationalism began to grow
• The rest of the world didnt pay attention