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Flashcards by Luis Aguilar, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Luis Aguilar
almost 7 years ago
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Who was the last shogun of Japan?
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Tokugawa Yoshinobu, who resigned and returned all power to the Emperor. |
| What did the last shogun want to do to strengthen Japan yet failed to do. |
Modernize Japan and keep foreign states from Japan.
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Why did the Tosa clan want the shogun to resign?
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They feared his reforms wold give him the powers of the emperor. |
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Why did the Boshin War start?
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The Satsuma and Chosu clan opposed giving Yoshinobu any political power as the Tosa suggested. |
| Apart from Britain; who was interested in beginning trading relations with Japan? |
The USA. They had done a few attempts of communication for trade but they were repelled away by Japanese ships
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| What did Commodore Perry do when he was on Japan. |
He threatened Japan that if they did not accept the trade negotiations they would attack.
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| What were the shishi? |
"Men with high purpose" Fanatics who were willing to die for their cause.
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What did the shishi wanted instead of the modernization of Japan?
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To stay in traditional technology and traditional ways of government such as the feudal system instead of replacing them with newer technology. |
| After their victory in a civil war, the Satsuma-Choshu renamed what place to Tokyo? |
The imperial court in Edo.
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| What religious belief became an official state belief after the Meiji Restoration and played a part in pro-emperor nationalism? |
That all imperial families were descendants of the Goddess of the Sun, Amaterasu.
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