Meiji Restoration Article Mason -Qs 15-28 by https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr en-us 2017-09-27 03:00:24 UTC 2017-09-27 04:05:44 UTC hello@padlet.com Q15-17 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517672 15. The treaties were unequal because they prevented Japan from imposing more than token customs duties on foreign imports, and because they removed resident foreigners from Japanese jurisdiction, subjecting them to their own country’s laws as enforced by special consular courts. These provisions threatened Japan’s economy as a violation of its sovereign rights, and were also concessions no Western state would have made to another Western state.

16. The Meiji government stuck to its original aim of properly negotiated revision, rather than unilateral denunciation of the existing treaties, which showed its seriousness in abandoning the seclusion policy, and its commitment of Japan to open diplomacy and an appropriate place in the existing Power system.

17. The treaty revision could be accomplished if Japanese legal and political institutions resembled those existing in the West. By building a constitution, infrastructure, own political policies to change the existing ones, they could be more like the Western Powers.]]> 2017-09-27 03:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517672 Q27-28 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517800 27. The government always had to deal with public opinion several times more bellicose than it cared to be itself. The Shimonoseki and Portsmouth peace treaties also caused deep dissatisfaction in Japan, and Tokyo had to be put under martial law because of popular disturbances. Most serious of all, Japan had come of age in a Great Power civilisation which, though outwardly stable and brilliant, was riddled with national hatreds and rivalries. 

28. Japan had acquired two important colonies: Taiwan and Korea. The former, whose inhabitants were hardly conscious of themselves as a nation, was governed bureaucratically but on whole justly and beneficially. The latter received the economic and educational infrastructure of modernisation from its new masters, but at a heavy price in terms of political oppression and frustrated nationalism. The spacious and sparsely populated land of Manchuria lay open to Japanese commerce and industry. ]]> 2017-09-27 03:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517800 Qtwenty one to twenty three JodyKYS https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517869 twenty one:
The treaty of Shimonoseki allowed Japan to receive 'a handsome indemnity' and the large and potentially productive island of Taiwan. It was japan's version of an unequal treaty and allowed for them to have concessions on the mainland.

twenty two:
The triple intervention consisted of Russia, Germany and France. They intervened with Japan claiming their territorial rewards claiming to be in the interests of protecting China in order to take those rewards for themselves.

twenty three: 

Korea found itself exposed to Japanese economic exploitation and political guidance. This gave rise of acts of brutality like the murder of a recalcitrant queen "Queen Min" in 1895 despite not having order from the Tokyo government. There were also social problems within Korea where there was social unrest as they questioned the Korean leadership. ]]> 2017-09-27 03:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517869 Q18-20 https://padlet.com/dereckw1/m7dixdr1m4vr/wish/191517925 18. There was a desire to make economics as well as strategic use of Korea, and economic penetration was destined to extend beyond the peninsula into Manchuria, and into other part of China. 
19. The treaty of Kanghwa was when Korean domestic politics were given over to struggles between a conservative, China leaning faction and a progressive, Japan-oreiented faction
20. In 1894, Japan, having sent troops to her own to the peninsula, denounced the presence of a Chinese army in Korea, and Chinese reluctance to cooperatein reforming the country's administration. China refused to conciliate her rival and in the ensuing war was rapidly and soundly defeated both on land and at sea
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24) What was the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05?  Why did it happen and what were its results? 
•War with between Russia and Japan that lead to the loss of 200,00 Japanese and 300,000 Russian lives. The war took place in manchuria and eventually, the Japanese troops won. After Russias loss, Russia agreed to cede southern Sakhalin and Port Arthur, together with its surrounding territory to Japan, therefore, Korea became a Japanese protectorate. 
 
25) Why did the Meiji era end as a ‘success’?  Give political, economic and societal examples. 
•Treaty revision had been accomplished; the national frontier were clearly define and made secure. Japans army and navy had acquitted themselves in two major wars, and it was generally recognised that Japan had a natural sphere of influence in northeast Asia. 
 
26) What was the Anglo-Japanese alliance in 1902?  What were the results of this? 
•The recognition gained from winning two wars lead to the Anglo Japanese alliance of 1902, whereby Britain acknowledged Japans interests in Korea in return for Japanese acceptance of British pre-dominance in Yangtze valley. 
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