1. Newspaper Cartoon, 1870s Enlightened Half-Enlightened Un-Enlightened Aim: How Did the Meiji Reformation affect Japan? Do now: According to the cartoon which style of dress is the best and which is the worst? HW. Write a paragraph - Would you completely change your style of dress and culture if it meant success? Why or why not?

2. 1853 – Commodore Matthew Perry “Opens Up” Japan to Western Trade!

3. The Treaty of Kanagawa - 1854

4. What Did the U. S. Want??  Coaling stations.  More trading partners.  A haven for ship-wrecked sailors.

5. Japan Annexes Korea

6. Japan Learns a Lesson! I n 1862, just before the start of the Meiji period, Tokugawa sent officials and scholars to China to study the situation there. A Japanese recorded in his diary from Shanghai… The Chinese have become servants to the foreigners. Sovereignty may belong to China but in fact it's no more than a colony of Great Britain and France. How would this lesson change Japan?

7. China’s “Unequal Treaties”  After the Opium War of 1839-1842, Japan was convinced that it had to Open Up to the West.

8. Meiji Reforms Abolition of the feudal system Land Redistribution Human Rights & Religious Freedom Build a Modern Navy (British) Westernize the School System (Fr. & Ger.) Modernize the Army (Prussian) Emperor Worship Intensified Written Constitution (Germans) Modern Banking System