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The tokugawa shogunate had ruled Japan for 200 years.
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The first foreign power to succeed with Japan was the United States Cmmondor Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay with an American fleet.
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U.S. counsul Townshed Harris signed a more detailed treaty.
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The Sat-Cho alliance forced the shogun to promise to end relations with the West.
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The new leaders signed a charter Oath. In which they promised to create a new legislative assembly.
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the new leaders stripped these great lords of the titles to their own lands.
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Chinese-Japenese rivarly over Korea intensified.
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The two nations went to war, China recognized Korea's Independence.
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Russia had taken from China.
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The Russo-Japanese war began. Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Naval Base.
