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Closed Trade
From 1641-1853, the Japanese expelled Europeans from Japan and closed the Japanese port to trade with the outside world allowing only the Dutch to trade at Nagasaki. -
Trade Opens with US
Commodore Perry (an American explorer) opens up trade with Japan. -
Trade Opens
Japan opens up their trade ports again. -
The Meigi Restoration
The Meigi Restoration, which began in 1868, sought to replace to feudal rulers, or the shotgun, and increase the power or the emperor. The goal was to make Japan strong enough to compete with the west. -
Japan, China, and Korea
Japan and China both agreed that they wouldn't send their armed forces to Korea. They had made this agreement because they both wanted to trade with Korea but they didn't each other to take over the nation. -
Sino-Japanese War begins
Japanese defeated China and forced her to give up her claims in Korea. -
Taiwan Colony
Japan drives China out of Korea, gaining Taiwan as a colony in the process. -
Russo-Japanese war
Japan takes Korea and Port Arthur from Russia. -
Treaty of Portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth ended the Russo-Japanese War and granted Japan territories. -
WW2 Ends
Japan surrenders to America. WW2 officially ends. -
Bibliography
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