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> > **Causes of modernization in Japan**
 * **Thesis-** Western Europe and Japan both used very similar methods of industrialization, however Japan imposed self isolation and developed later, where as Western Europe was more open to ideas. It was the global power that Europe was gaining, which enlighened the Japanese to industrialize.
 * Foreign pressure from Britain, US, and French did not want to end up like foreign controlled Chinese, started to make reforms
 * Foreign pressure was French, British, and U.S. pushing Japan to open up their economy to outside nations
 * Commodore Matthew C. Perry sailed to japan with U.S. naval fleet and demanded japan sign "treaty of friendship"
 * End of Tokugawa rule, Mutsuhito (Boy Emperor) rules from 1852-1912, most eventful time in Japanese history
 * Reforms if the Meiji Restoration period
 * wanted to avoid the spheres of influence and foreign economic dominance that was occuring in China
 * Japan becomes most industrious land in Asia, and poised for dramatic and industrial expansion in the 20th century


 * Early stages of industrialization in Japan**
 * Industrialization was seen as the solution to Japan's problems with outside nations
 * imperial authorities pushed industrialization
 * gov. hired foreign experts to show workers and managers how to modernize
 * gov. also funded the modernization of docks and iron facilities
 * founded new businesses and open new schools and universities
 * Causes of modernization in Western Europe**
 * competition for resources and power promotes technological and industrial growth in western Europe
 * Starts with Britain because of abundant resources and agricultural surpluses( aware of their head start, the government forbade the export of machinery, manufacturing techniques, and skilled workers). Nevertheless, France, Germany, Belgium, and the US had started to industrialize.
 * Factory machinery more productive than an average worker, and cheaper in the long run.
 * Needed faster forms of transportation= more steel and iron made. (breakthroughs in technology)


 * Early stages of industrialization in Western Europe**
 * Movement of people on the farm, to people in the factory.
 * Urbanization= people living in smaller more crammed, unsanitary conditions, with small living spaces
 * unorganized and chaotic cities
 * At first, some people protested due to low wages they were not used to and unemployment, blamed the factory system for it, so they destroyed numerous factory machines and supplies.
 * These groups were known as Luddites (King Lud= leader).
 * Massive production and Corporations/ Big business (in the past was large farms and land).
 * [|industrial revolution started in the textile industry]

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