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SSWH11

• EMERGENCE OF THE MODERN WORLD THROUGH SOCIAL,
  POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC CHANGES

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SSHW11

• STUDENTS WILL INVESTIGATE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
  CHANGES IN JAPAN AND IN CHINA FROM THE 17TH
  CENTURY TO THE MID 19TH CENTURY.

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION 1

• WHAT WERE THE POLICIES OF THE TOKUGAWA AND QING
  RULERS SPECIFICALLY ODA NOBUNAGA AND KANGXI?

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ESSENTIAL QUESTION 2

• WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH AND ITS
  IMPACT ON THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE?

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TOKUGAWA

• TOKUGAWA DYNASTY STARTED IN 1603 WHEN IEYASU
  TOKUGAWA GAINED POWER AFTER A FLURY OF CIVIL
  WARS.
• JAPANESE CULTURAL WAS BUILT ON THE SHOGUN WARRIOR
  MENTALITY. BELEIVNG THE SHOGUN WAS THE MILITARY
  DICTATOR OVER ALL JAPAN.

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TOKUGAWA

• TOKUGAWA BELIEVED STRONGLY IN ISOLATIONISM. THE
  DYNASTY DID ITS BEST TO KEEP JAPAN CLOSED TO THE
  OUTSIDE WORLD DURING THE DYNASTIES REIGN.
• THEY ESPECIALLY SAW CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AS A
  THREAT TO THE SHOGUNS POWER.

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TOKUGAWA

• PERSECUTED MANY CHRISTIANS AND RESTRICTED LARGE
  SHIP BUILDING .
• TRADE WAS ALLOWED WITH THE NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES.

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QING RULERS

• THE MANCHUS, A FARMING AND HUNTING PEOPLE
  CONQUERED BEIJING AND ESTABLISHED THE QING
  DYNASTY(PURE DYNASTY)
• THE MANCHU MADE EVERYONE ADOPT THEIR DRESS(SHAVED
  FOREHEADS AND BRAIDED INTO A PIGTAIL

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QING

• IN TIME, THE QING DYNASTY FLOURISHED.
• KANGXI WAS THE MOST POWERFUL CHINESE EMPEROR. HE
  EXCEPTED CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AND CATHOLICISM
  SPREAD, HIS SUCCESSOR WOULD SUPPRESS CHRISTIANITY.

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QING DYNASTY

• THE QING DYNASTY AS A WHOLE LIMITED CONTACT
  BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND FOREIGNERS. THEY CONFINED
  TRADE TO A SMALL ISLAND, WHERE FOREIGNER TRADERS
  WERE ONLY ALLOWED TO STAY FOR A FEW MONTHS.

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ISOLATION MISTAKE

• CHINA AND JAPAN WOULD REJECT THE APPEAL OF THE
  EUROPEANS FOR STRONGER TRADE, IN THE END THE
  ISOLATION POLICIES WOULD PUT THE NATIONS IN
  JEPORADY AS THE EUROPEAN NATIONS THIRVED AND
  SURPASSED THE ASIANS ECONOMICALLY AND MILITARILY.

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IMPACT

• THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN CHINESE SOCIETY WAS LOW.
• FEMALE INFANTS MIGHT EVEN BE KILLED IF THERE WAS
  NOT ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYONE.
• THE FEMALES PARENTS HAD TO PROVIDE A DOWRY TO HER
  HUSBAND FOR THE MARRIAGE
• POOR FAMILIES OFTEN SOLD THEIR DAUGHTERS TO
  WEALTHY VILLAGERS

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IMPACT

• BY 1800, THE CHINESE POPULATION WAS 300
  MILLION(THE UNITED STATES POPULATION JUST REACHED
  300 MILLION IN 2006)
• FARMING WAS VITAL TO THE CHINESE SURVIVAL
• THE CHINESE DEVELOPED FAST MATURING VARITIES OF
  RICE SO THEY CAN PRODUCE MULTIPLE HARVEST IN ONE
  GROWING SEASON

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POINTS TO PONDER

• THE EXAMPLE OF THE CHINESE TO LEARN HOW TO GROW
  MULITPLE HARVEST IN ONE SEASON IS A TESTIMONY TO
  MANS ABILITY TO SURVIVE.
• WHAT ARE SURVIVAL QUESTIONS FOR MAN IN THE 21
  CENTURY?
• HOW WILL THEY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS?

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THE OUTSIDERS

• THE JAPANESE WERE FEARFUL THAT IF JAPANESE WERE
  CONVERETED TO CHRISTIANITY, THEY WOULD NOT BE
  ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM A EUROPEAN ATTACK.
• CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES AND CONVERTS WERE
  PERSECUTED BY THE SHOGUN

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ISOLATION

• THE SHOGUN OUTLAWED FOREIGN TRAVEL AND FORBADE
  SHIPBUILDERS TO BUILD BIG VESSELS NEEDED FOR LONG
  RANGE VOYAGES
• THE TOGUKAWA FAMILY KEEP JAPAN ISOLATED UNTIL THE
  MID-19TH CENTURY

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AMERICA COMES CALLING

• DURING THE MID 1800S COMMADORE MATHEW PERRY
  BROUGHT HIS METAL WARSHIP TO THE TOKOYO HARBOUR.
  THE JAPANESE WERE INSENSED WITH FEAR BECAUSE THEY
  HAD NEVER SEEN A METAL SHIP BEFORE. MEN PREPARED
  FOR BATTLE AND WOMEN TO SMALL CHILDREN AND RAN
  FOR THE HILLS.

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PERRY

• PERRY SENT A SMALL CREW ASHORE TO ASK FOR TRADING
  RIGHTS AND TOLD THE SHOGUN, AMERICA WOULD USE
  FORCE IN NEED BE. THE JAPANESE AFTER CENTURIES OF
  ISOLATION FOUND THEMSELVES NO MATCH FOR THE
  TECHNOLOGIES OF THE WEST, OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR
  TRADE

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CATCHING UP

• THE JAPANESE WOULD SPEND THE NEXT 50 YEARS
  SENDING OUT DIPLOMATS TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD
  THEY HAD CLOSED THEIR DOORS TO, THEY ALSO BEGAN
  TO BUILD A MILITARY THAT WOULD REAP HAVIC IN THE
  PACIFIC BEFORE AND DURING WWII.