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Qing dynasty of the Manchus was at the height of its power.
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Commodore Perry arrives in Japan
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The Chinese agreed to legalize the opium trade and also open new ports to foreign trade.
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The Sat-Cho alliance force the shogun to promise to end relations with the West.
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Meiji Restoration begins.
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The Meiji constitution was modeled after that of Imperial Germany.
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at port Arthur.
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Sun Yat-sen forms Revolutionary Alliance in China.
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President Theodore Roosevelt made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that essentially stopped Japanese immigration to the United States.
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Japan’s industrial sector begins to grow.
