HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Baltic Fleet, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Basic Law For The Federal Republic Of Germany
23 Oct 2017
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19th century japan: end of tokugawa (we had reading on this, but ids were back from imperialism. Early 1800s tokugawa society was in turmoil (decline in agricultural productivity, crop failures, famines, harsh taxation) 1841-1843 chief advisor tadakuni responds with conservative reforms. (cancel debts, abolish several merchant guilds, persuaded peasants to return to the land and cultivate rice) His hugely unsuccessful reforms drove him out of office: commodore matthew perry. Tokugawa resisted and rejected all requests, sticking with the policy of excluding all. Led us navy to tokyo bay in 1853, and won diplomatic and commercial relations with. Britain, netherlands, and russia soon followed, and japan could not do much as they were inferior. (military, economy, etc. : choshu and satsuma. Clans in the south of japan which became centers of discontent and rallied against. Won in a brief civil war with militia trained by foreign experts and armed with foreign weapons.
