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