1. Japan’s Interaction with Imperialism

2. Imperial Beginnings 1853 Matthew Perry arrives in Japan
1 year to open ports for trade
Japanese realize their isolation prevents them from competing with the industrialized west
1854 Treaty of Kanagawa
Western nations get to trade in Japan

4. Meiji Restoration Civil War to reunite the country
Restored centralized gov’t
Avoid foreign domination by transforming society
Totalitarian

5. Shogun Tokugawa
Emperor Meiji

7. Japanese Imperialism Westernization Export lots of textiles
Industrialization
Export lots of textiles
Create their own Colonial Empire
Korea
Taiwan