2-Japan

=Japan, 1750-1914=

=Political= abolition of the feudal order in order for a new government end of the Tokugawa Bakufu and the start of the Meiji Restoration fear of attack from outside countries, self imposed isolation

=Economic= land tax on peasants provide 90% of state revenue from crop yield meiji government welcomed outside trade became an industrial power in a single generation

=Religious= shinto and buddhism end to bushido neo-confucianism

=Social= samurai and daimyo lost their power and position to merchant class

=Intellectual= transferred to dutch and french learning systems

=(Technology)= steamboats and railroads developed telegraph also produced

=Near Geographic= americas, commador perry, forced japan to trade with them