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When the Europeans first came to Japan they wanted to open a trading system. They wanted to involve themselves not only in the trade with Japan but also southwest Asia, and China.

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He lives in a cave. He catches dreams in dream jars. He drinks frobscottle.          

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Missionaries came to Japan and tried to convert people into Christians. In Japan, most Christians were rebels the shotgun decided that Christianity was the root of the rebellion and ordered all Christians to be persecuted.

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Things that the portuguese brought to Japan

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Things that the portuguese brought to Japan

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Three items that the Portuguese brought to Japan are eyeglasses, tabacco, and weapons. I think the one that had the most impact was the weapons because they made Japan stronger.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu completed the unification of Japan. In 1600, Ieyasu defeated his rivals at the Battle of Sekigahara. His victory earned him the loyalty of daimyo throughout Japan.  By the mid-1700s, Japan began to shift from a rural to an urban society.

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Japan is a very structured country. in Japan the emperor has the top rank but the actual ruler is the shotgun. The shotgun is the military supreme commander. Below him is the Daimyo who is a powerful landholder Samurai. After him are Samurai warriors. Then is the peasants and artisans. Merchants were at the bottom but gradually became more important.