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Meiji Restoration in Japan (1868-1912)



Summary/Events In Japan, the Tokugawa Shogunate officially ended in November 1867. This was the beginning of the Meiji Restoration. Japan had drastic changes in the government. It was strengthened by learning the western government’s ways of economics, technology and customs. Using western methods and machinery they were able to build factories and sell them to wealthy families, making families powerful in banking and industry. Their government was similar to Germany’s government. A constitution giving the emperor power to rule. In 1890, Japan’s army had been modernized and became stronger. Instead of samurais being the only warriors in combat, all men had to enter the military service. It became one of the most powerful military in Asia. Meiji established a system of public education and built universities with western instructors to teach modern technology. And since the social change, women had lost political and legal rights they had earned previously.

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Timeline
 * || AD 1869 || || Daimyo return lands to the Emperor ||  ||
 * || AD 1871 || || Feudalism abolished ||  ||
 * || AD 1872 || || Japan's first mass-production spinning mill opens ||  ||
 * || AD 1874 || || Beginning of Samurai protest movements ||  ||
 * || AD 1876 || || Treaty of Kangwa: Japan gains extra-territorial rights in Korea ||  ||
 * || AD 1882 || || Bank of Japan established ||  ||
 * || AD 1894 || || Beginning of Sino-Japanese war, primarily over control of Korea ||  ||
 * || AD 1895 || || Treaty of Shimonoseki concludes Sino-Japanese War: Japanese victorious ||  ||
 * || AD 1900 || || Shintoism is reinstated to counter Buddhist influence ||  ||
 * || AD 1902 || || Anglo-Japanese Alliance signed which recognises the independence of China and Korea ||  ||
 * || AD 1904 || || Beginning of Russo-Japanese War ||  ||
 * || AD 1905 || || Russo-Japanese war ends in Japanese victory ||  ||
 * || AD 1908 || || Japan gains USA recognition of its special status in Manchuria ||  ||
 * || AD 1911 || || Tariffs imposed by the Western powers in the 'unequal treaties' are abolished ||  ||
 * || AD 1912 || || Death of Meiji Emperor Mutsuhito; Taisho ||  ||
 * || AD 1902 || || Anglo-Japanese Alliance signed which recognises the independence of China and Korea ||  ||
 * || AD 1904 || || Beginning of Russo-Japanese War ||  ||
 * || AD 1905 || || Russo-Japanese war ends in Japanese victory ||  ||
 * || AD 1908 || || Japan gains USA recognition of its special status in Manchuria ||  ||
 * || AD 1911 || || Tariffs imposed by the Western powers in the 'unequal treaties' are abolished ||  ||
 * || AD 1912 || || Death of Meiji Emperor Mutsuhito; Taisho ||  ||
 * || AD 1908 || || Japan gains USA recognition of its special status in Manchuria ||  ||
 * || AD 1911 || || Tariffs imposed by the Western powers in the 'unequal treaties' are abolished ||  ||
 * || AD 1912 || || Death of Meiji Emperor Mutsuhito; Taisho ||  ||