HIS284H5 Study Guide - Aisin Gioro, Bakumatsu, Tokugawa Shogunate

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The charter oath was promulgated at the enthronement of emperor meijiof japan on 7 april 1868. [1] the oath outlined the main aims and the course of action to be followed during emperor meiji"s reign, setting the legal stage for. This also set up a process of urbanization as people of all classes were free to move jobs so people went to the city for better work. It remained influential, if less for governing than inspiring, throughout the meiji era and into the twentieth century, and can be considered the first constitutionof modern japan. The xinhai revolution, or the hsin-hai revolution, also known as the revolution of 1911 or the chinese. Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew china"s last imperial dynasty, the qing dynasty, and established the republic of china. The revolution was named xinhai (hsin-hai) because it occurred in 1911, the year of the. Xinhai stem-branch in the sexagenary cycle of the chinese calendar.