JP 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Meiji Constitution, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Emperor Meiji
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July 1853: commodore perry arrived at the entrance to edo bay; the. Americans forced the japanese to open up their borders. The dutch warn the japanese to open up their borders or else the. Japanese will end up being colonized by the west, much like china did. November 1867: the last shogun, yoshinobu, resigns; dissolving the single event the led most effectively to the establishment of a central. The (cid:498)restoration(cid:499) of the 1(cid:887) year old emperor meiji in 18(cid:888)8 was the government and the introduction of japan into the (cid:498)modern(cid:499) era. would be viewed as advanced and modern, not (cid:498)backward,(cid:499) and (cid:498)behind(cid:499) like china. The japanese realized that they had to become westernized so that they. The japanese began to adopt western clothes, steam engines, and guns. Milk and meat were also introduced to become more western. \ Rapid modernization and a dramatic change of political, social, and economic institutions occurred; meeting the challenge of the west by following its model.
