HIST 262 Study Guide - Final Guide: Young Ottomans, Unequal Treaty, Dic Entertainment
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19th century: internal 1830s famine (bad govt response = peasant riots); shogun declines in power; heavy taxes; every1 in debt to growing merchant class; tokugawwa reforms unsuccessful; foreigners sponsor rebels who overthrow shogun install boy emperor. Meiji: external of less interest to west than otto & china; foreign humiliation allows coup; reject foreign intrustion except for few dutch, compare self strenghtening in china, tanzimat in the ottoman empire, and the meiji restoration in. Hamidii); constitution, representative govt: internal: rel leaders object to undermining islam found, young ottomans and bureaucrats (want const. Russia: war victory; cede land and railroad/economic interests in manchuria isolationism gave japan more room to develop independently reforms were more successful than otto or china. Difference in japanese and european approach to colonization both thought themselves superior to conquered people; Eur"s do economic sanctions/influence (king leopold) while japanese do mil action. Eur"s more brutal (jap had shorter wars) Eur"s hoped to have self-sufficient colonies run by locals;
