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7 pages. It is said that the Tokagawa tried to freeze history in order to continue their rule, and that ultimately the emperor's of China behaved in a similar manner. Both regimes would then have been unprepared for the invasion of the West in the mid-nineteenth century. This paper will focus on this and the fact that the Meji Restoration was a self-strengthening movement. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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China behaved in a similar manner. Both regimes would then have been unprepared for the invasion of the West in the mid-nineteenth century. This paper will focus on
this and the fact that the Meji Restoration was a self-strengthening movement. THE HISTORY From 1603 to 1868 Japan was under a feudal dictatorship of the Tokugawa shogunate.
There stood to always be those who were not extended nearly the same benefits or pleasantries as were bestowed upon the privileged few. Additionally, it was the goal of
feudalism to confine political and economic power to the relatively few upper class autocrats, whose authority vastly extended from the power inherent to the dominating castle. The pyramidal hierarchy
that was inevitably created as a result of such exclusion was meant to maintain complete control over all the respective districts political and economic decisions. Meiji emperor was responsible for
restoring Imperial rule after the decline of feudalism in 1868. Samurai warriors took over at this point, to force their objective to effect Japans political, economic, social and military
modernization. World War I, global economic depression and military defeat served to maintain Japans rocky existence throughout the first half of the twentieth century; by 1952, however, there was a
boom in both economic and political strength. As the twenty-first century began, Japan had new and stifling issues to deal with: overpopulation, industrial pollution, housing shortages, urbanization and precarious
access to necessary CHINA For China, the period between the years 1500 and 1800 represented the age of Chinese dominance. The year 1514 marked the point at which
the Portuguese arrived in South China; from 1661-1722, China saw the reign of Kang-xi, and between the years 1736-1795, Qianlong took over the regime. The Portuguese movement was directly
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