EURO-UA 511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Zimmermann Telegram, Trench Warfare, Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria

• School: New York University
• Department: European and Mediterranean Studies
• Course: EURO-UA 511
• Professor: Euro History

Document Summary

Japan and the u. s: 1853 commodore matthew perry visits japan a. i. U. s. wanted new markets + end tokugawa shogunate"s isolationist policy a. ii. Came with huge warships: arguments in favor of opening japan b. i. Gain economic prosperity: arguments for isolation c. i. Japan might become too dependent on imports c. iii. Treaty of kanagawa (1854: opened 2 japanese ports, opened diplomatic relations w/ u. s, japan would import american technology. Results: other western nations opened up trade with japan, japan sent ambassadors to u. s, japan began to modernize. The meiji restoration (1868 1912: shogun removed a. i. 1889 japanese consitution + the diet (a law-making body) a. ii. No more feudal classes (end of daimyo + samurai) b. ii. Zaibatsu (family-owned corporations) bought factories from the government c. iii. Japanese imperialism: 1894 sino-japanese war: japan defeats china, 1904 russo-japanese war: japan defeats russia. By 1880, sugar = 75% of island"s wealth a. ii. Planters didn"t like taxes on sugar exports a. iii.