Meiji transformed notes: Japan extended intro

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  • Meiji
    • Europe vs Japan
      • Feudalism
        • Japanese Feudalism:
          • 1.-Emperor/Shogun
          • 2.-Daimyo
          • 3.-Samurai
          • 4.-Peasants & Artisans
          • 5.-Merchants
        • European Feudalism
          • 1.-King
          • 2.-Lords
          • 3.-Knights
          • 4.-Peasants
      • Warriors
        • Japanese Warriors:
          • Swear loyalty to Daimyo
          • Expected to live disciplined and honorable lives
          • Admired by Society
          • Heroic Stories & songs written about them in battle
          • Follow code of Bushido
        • European Warriors:
          • Swear loyalty to their lords
          • Expected to live disciplined & honorable lives
          • Follow code of chivalry
          • Admired by society
          • Heroic stories & songs written about them in battle
    • Samurai House Rules
      • I.-Believe in Buddha & the gods.
      • VII.-Do your hair as soon as you rise. You must not be seen in an ungroomed state by others.
      • XII.-If you have a little leisure, reed books. You should not let people see you read. You must always practice writting.
      • XV.-In off-duty hours, you must practice writing.
      • XXI.-"Practice the arts of peace on the left hand, & the arts of war on the right." Mastery of both is required
    • Meiji Restoration
      • Governmental reforms
        • Japan's new legislate (2 braches of representatives, House of peers-coequal powers)
          • First convened in 1889
        • Meiji (imperial) constitution
          • Adopted in 1890
          • Followd until end of WWII
      • Economic Reforms
        • Abolition of Feudlism
        • Yen adopted in 1872
        • Encouragment of Foreign Trade
        • Expansion of Industrialization
          • Growth of factories
            • Fist large factories manufactured textiles
        • Land reforms in 1873
          • Ptivatization of land
          • Equitable taxation system
        • Zaibatsu built & expanded
          • Large family
          • controlled banking and industrial conglomerates
      • Military reforms
        • Modern army and navy established
          • Loyal to Japanese government
        • Used Germany as primary model
        • Conscription in 1873
          • All men had to serve for three years after turning 21
        • Belief that Japan had to compete militarily
      • Social Reforms
        • Universal Compulsory Elementary Education
        • Universities Established
        • Westernization of many laws
    • Meiji Japan at war
      • First Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
        • Gained Taiwan
        • Gained Manchuria
        • Established sphere of influence in korea
      • Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
        • Destruction of Russian fleet
        • Started to be seen as a world power
        • Treaty of Portsmouth
          • Japan was granted part of Sakhalin
          • Island and influence in Manchuria
        • Annexation of Korea (1910)
        • WWI
          • Joined Allies
          • Recieved Germanie's mandates over Asian Islands & its leases in the Shantung Peninsula

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