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Japanese Imperialism
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tokugawa shogunate | no/little contact with outside, industrialized world |
| Meiji era | rule of Mutushito (shogun stepped down) where he modernized Japan - 45 years |
| Treaty of Kanagawa | Matthew Perry used his warships and veiled threats to convince Japan to open trade ports for US |
| Sino-Japanese War | China broke agreement of no armies in Korea - Japan amassed its first colonies from the peace treaty that followed |
| Japan was... | a major Asian power, militarily, politically, and economically |
| modernized | adapted government and other key things from major Western powers |
| reactionary imperialism | Japan became imperialist partly because they did not want to be colonized themselves. |
| trade | Western powers wanted to trade with Asian countries like China and Japan. |
| Russo-Japanese War | Russia and Japan were major powers and enemies - ended in the Treaty of Portsmouth where Japan amassed more colonies |
| unity | certain events brought those in Japan together |