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Fall of the Tokugawa - Coggle Diagram
Fall of the Tokugawa
why did it fall?
economic problems
agriculture
new crops
usesage of lands that were difficult to use before
boom in population for china
no boom for japan
theory about having the oldest son takes most of the estate
the economic production did grow
periodic famines
debts
the dymio were going in debt to the rice merchants
samurai were just really poor
political tensions
bakufu or emperor
court
factionalism
within the shogunate
some of it was idiological
succession issues
tensions between the inside and outside daimyo
social tension
urban
rural
military
protests
based on over taxation
corruption
just before the fall of the tokugawa there was national hysteria
people just came out doing a bunch of random stuff
ideological
religion
christianity
confucianism
mito school
buddhism
shintoism
everything has a spirit
school of national learning
teaching about the how special the japanese were
barbariansssssssssss
camador perry
asking to end isolationism
no mention about trade
opening ports of shimoda and hakodate for provisions for US ships
post US consul at shimoda
why do all this?
whaling used oil for lamps
provisions allowing a checkpoint for americans to trade with china
kokutai
national essense
or just what is special about the japanese
falls around 1868-1900