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Key Terms Notes, Definitions, Answers ● Meiji Restoration ● Tokugawa Shogunate ● Samurai ● Isolationism ● Commodore Matthew Perry ● Unequal Treaties ● Westernization ● Industrialization ● Tokugawa Shogunate ○ Isolated ○ Strict regulation and laws ○ Traditional ○ Peace of 260 years ○ Shogun had all the power ○ Feudalism ● Mathew Perry ○ Commodore of the us Navy ○ Expand Commercial/foreign trade ○ Fear the west power ○ Forced to sign treaties that open Japan up ● Meiji Restoration ○ Overthrew the Shogun and Emperor Meiji declares victory ○ Switched to a centralized system of government ○ Industrialize ○ Modernizing = IMPERIALIZE ○ Westernize Meiji Restoration ● Before ○ Isolated ○ Tradition ○ Fearful of the west ○ No contact with the outside World/Avoided Industrialization ○ Tokugawa shogunate ○ Peaceful for 260 years ● After