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Japan stuggles to enter Korean markets.
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Meiji Restoration
The Meiji Restoration started and Emperor Meiji embarked japan on a industrial path to modernity. -
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Korea begins Industrialization
Korea begins industrialization/modernization under influence of Japan (they acquired technologies very rapidly (in just 4 decades they adopted ideas/technologies that had been developed over 300 years) -
Treaty of Amity
1876 Korea Signed a Treaty of Amity with Japan- which benefitted Japan more than Korea but allowed Korea to maintain it’s independence. While it was unequal for Korea, they were looking for one of the 3 empirical powers to side with (ie China, Russia, and Japan) -
Treaty of Tientsin
The Treaty of Tientsin gave Japan (and China) the right to send troops into Korea -
Peasant Rebellion
Peasants of Korea rebelled because the magistrate of gobu (a region) made unfair laws forcing people to move and work in such a way that he could get rich off bogus fines -
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Sino-Japanese War
China broke the tientsin treaty, leading Japan to fight with them over control of Korea. -
Treaty of Shimonoseki
Ends the Sino-Japanese War, making some parts of Korea independent, and awarding Japan massive amounts of silver from China. -
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Russo-Japanese War
Threatend by Japan, European forces join together to try and take Korea from Japan. It ended in the Treaty of Portsmouth, facilitated by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Korea gains independence from Japan