HIS 2178 Study Guide - Taejo Of Joseon, Yi Sun-Sin, Nurhaci
Document Summary
December 1598: battle of noryang straits, yi sun-sin dies. 1609: korea and tsushima concluded a formal agreement, japanese-korean relations were restored. 1639: japan adopted a policy of strictly limited contact with the outside world - 1643: abahai dies, son fu-lin (reign title shunzhi) succeeded him, under the regency of jirgalang and dorgan. October 1644: qing moves capital from mukden to beijing. 1793: the earl of macartney was sent on a mission to the court of qianlong. 1806: following the increased contacts with the western powers, a shogun decree instructed local authorities to drive off foreign ships from any port other nagasaki. 1825: the government issued a no second thought order: local authorities were to destroy without hesitation all foreign ships and crews that approached japan. 1842: the government permitted local authorities to provide foreign ships with needed supplies, but most of the shogun and local leaders remained violently opposed to relaxing the policy of isolation.
