1. IMPERIALISM – Reactions of Japan AP World History

2. The Rise of Japan  Tokugawa – 250 years of peace  Shogun, daimyo, samurai kept stability Alternate attendance in Edo  Strict/detailed rules of behavior of society to keep order  Peace contributed to burst of economic growth Peasants grew more rice, rural enterprise  By 1750, urban, literate society

3. The Rise of Japan  Tokugawa – problems  Merchants still had little status, but lots of $  Shoguns had status, but often in debt to lowly merchants  Corruption, famine, urban riots of poor  Shogunate losing control

4. The Rise of Japan  American Intrusion  Japan – still only one open port (Dutch)  Commodore Perry (United States) Sent to demand humane treatment of castaways Right of American vessels to refuel Demand to open ports to trade

6. The Rise of Japan  Meiji Restoration – A Fresh Start  Awareness of Chinese resistance  New young, Japanese rulers Eliminated shogunate Wanted to save Japan through transformation of Japanese society Willing to use all that modern West had

7. The Rise of Japan  Japanese Modernization  Relative peace gave Japan breathing room  Reforms completely transformed Japan Centralized (vs. the decentralization of China and Ottoman) Confucian social order dismantled Almost all Japanese became legally equal  Fascination with all things Western

8. The Rise of Japan  Industrialization  Japan combined foreign with Japanese elements  Gov’t took over and modernized Tokugawa/daimyo enterprises Foundries, munitions, dockyards, Factories infrastructure  Modernization completed without foreign debt  Poor working conditions

9. The Rise of Japan Japan was the only non Western country to launch its own successful Industrial Revolution in the 19 th century!

10. The Rise of Japan  Japan and the World  West recognizes Japan as an equal player  Considered a “Great Power”  Japanese Imperialism  Imperial advances in China and Russia Gains Taiwan, Korea, foothold in Manchuria  Same old imperial brutality