HIST-102 Lecture 10: Last Years of Tokugawa Period
4 Oct 2018
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Rebels are willing to assassinate government officials, continuing to create more division in society. Although the tokugawa shogunate remained strong for over 200 years, it eventually collapsed: seclusion policy was placed on the portuguese, then spanish, and most. Commodore perry"s arrival to japan in 1853/1854: arrives in japan at a time where there is too many foreigners in china in terms of competition with europeans. Nobody has a strong foothold in japan except for the dutch in terms of economic connections as they are not a powerful source in the 19th century: division within japan. Japan is under the question of maintaining it"s independence, not being invaded or taken over, and wondering if they should change their system to match the pace of the changing world. The shogunate doesn"t want to give up power but also doesn"t want the americans to bring more ships or ideas to colonize japan in any way.
