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Japan Imperialism

By mgiggs2022

  • Closed Trade

    Closed Trade
    From 1641-1853, the Japanese expelled Europeans from Japan and closed the Japanese port to trade with the outside world allowing only the Dutch to trade at Nagasaki.

  • Trade Opens with US

    Trade Opens with US
    Commodore Perry (an American explorer) opens up trade with Japan.

  • Trade Opens

    Trade Opens
    Japan opens up their trade ports again.

  • The Meigi Restoration

    The Meigi Restoration
    The Meigi Restoration, which began in 1868, sought to replace to feudal rulers, or the shotgun, and increase the power or the emperor. The goal was to make Japan strong enough to compete with the west.

  • Japan, China, and Korea

    Japan, China, and Korea
    Japan and China both agreed that they wouldn't send their armed forces to Korea. They had made this agreement because they both wanted to trade with Korea but they didn't each other to take over the nation.

  • Sino-Japanese War begins

    Sino-Japanese War begins
    Japanese defeated China and forced her to give up her claims in Korea.

  • Taiwan Colony

    Taiwan Colony
    Japan drives China out of Korea, gaining Taiwan as a colony in the process.

  • Russo-Japanese war

    Russo-Japanese war
    Japan takes Korea and Port Arthur from Russia.

  • Treaty of Portsmouth

    Treaty of Portsmouth
    The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War and granted Japan territories.

  • WW2 Ends

    WW2 Ends
    Japan surrenders to America. WW2 officially ends.

  • Bibliography

    *"Japanese Imperialism, 1868-1900." Japanese Imperialism, 1868-1900. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2017. *"Japanese Imperialism." Japanese Imperialism. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2017. *"Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910." Explanations of Japan’s Imperialistic Expansion, 1894-1910. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2017. *The packet