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Meiji Restoration by Tina Talon - Coggle Diagram
Meiji Restoration
by Tina Talon
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End of the feudal system
Social Systems
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Daimyo didn't receive money from domains
Commoners had the chance of moving up on their social status
Elementary schools for everyone
Economic systems
To help Japanese government they encouraged private businesses
National income increased
They increased imported tariffs to make domestic changes
Iwakura mission was to find ideas from the west
Islands are good for trading
Geography
Gave free education to everyone because
only samurai class had it
Considered education for free because they
were becoming a industrialized society
Ideas & knowledge
Democracy into government
Unify territory of Japan
Model of government that could adapt to Japan's needs
Political systems
1871 all domains abolished. Replaced by prefecture system
Japan wanted constitutional government
Vocab
Dajokan: Japanese gov. structure implemented during Meiji period
Conservative: averse to rapid charge favouring status
Liberal: relaxing social traditions, personal freedom
Prefecture: administrative district in japan, like large country
National income: money received for goods and services produced by country
Zaibatsu: group of men owning companies
Domains: basically provinces
Iwakura mission: 22 month travel trip to get ideas
Seppuku: ritual suicide by sword
Constitutional government: government controlled set list of rules
Filial: showing proper respect
Ratify: to approve formally
Industrialized: large industries important feature
Nationalistic: patriotic, sometimes to the extreme
Meiji: enlightened rule
Shogun: great general
Economy: resources of a country or region
Democracy: government where citizens have the power
Aamurai: professional warriors of imperial Japan
Japanese relied on the sea for their food
They wanted to economy to grow
Culture
Isolated feudal society
to being a to a modern industrialized society
Influenced by the western technology and
political state
Embraced the West because in the Edo period
they isolated themselves from the West
