1. MR PACK JAPAN, ITALY, GERMANY
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JAPAN, ITALY, GERMANY

2. Japan Previously isolated (1600-1854).
Commodore Matthew Perry (black ships) arrives in 1853 under orders from U.S. President Millard Fillmore to open Japan to trade.
Treaty of Kanagawa- opens Japan to world trade
Decline of samurai, rapid modernization

3. Commodore Perry

4. Japan
New Emperor (Emperor Mutsuhito) comes to power-taking away power from Shoguns- starting the Meiji Era ( ).
Meiji Restoration reforms- abolished feudalism, equality before the law, establish constitutional monarchy, modern military created, established a postal service, new education system, promoted industrialization including a railroad network

5. Emperor Mutsuhito

6. Japan
Key economic markets included tea, silk, weaponry, shipbuilding, sake
Increased agricultural taxes
Japanese Imperialism- defeats China in Sino-Japanese War (1895) Japan adds Taiwan.
Russo-Japanese War ( ) defeats Russia, gains Korea.

7. Italy, Prussia
Count Camillo di Cavour and Giuseppe Garibaldi help to unify Italy into a new country in 1861.
Otto Von Bismarck (Blood and Iron) Prussian prime Minister (Germany unifies in 1871) who uses industrialism, militarism and nationalism to make Prussia a powerful country. France defeated in the Franco-Prussian war 1871.

8. Cavour, Garibaldi, Bismarck