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Imperial Japan
The 10 most important word in Imperial Japan notes.
Term | Definition |
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Treaty of Kanagawa | Under its terms, Japan opened two ports at which U.S. ships could take on supplies. |
Meiji Restoration | Mutsuhito took control of the government, and started to modernize Japan. Took ideas from the West. |
Russo-Japanese War | Japan drove Russian troops out of Korea and captured most of Russia’s Pacific fleet. |
Manchuria | A region in northeast China that was invaded and controlled by Japan. |
Annexation of Korea | Korea was under Japan's control. This is how they gained more power. |
Westernization | The influence of British and American technology. This is important because |
Settler Colonialism | People from other countries send groups of people to their country to settle there. |
Japanese Diet | Had 2 houses. The higher rank would approve bills and would "supervise" the lower house. This is important because it was the way that they would decide how to use their power. |
Economic Colonialism | feed the purported needs of the Industrial Revolution. |
Opium War | British pushed their way into Chinese ports and won the 1st opium war. |