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Paper 1: MTGW Japan Terminology (IBDP History)

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Treaty of Kanagawa (Mar 1854)

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Treaty of Kanagawa (Mar 1854)

Signed under threat of force, it effectively meant the end of Japan's 220-year-old policy of national isolation (sakoku) by opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American vessels.

Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1858)

It opened the ports of Kanagawa and four other Japanese cities to trade and granted extraterritoriality to foreigners, among a number of trading stipulations.

Boshin War & Meiji Restoration (Jan 1868-Jun 1869)

A civil war in Japan between the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the Emperor. It resulted in an imperial victory (the young Emperor was renamed Meiji) and the end of the shogunate.

The Charter Oath (Apr 1868)

Made by the Emperor Meiji after the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate and the restoration of direct participation in government by the imperial family. The Charter Oath opened the way for the modernization of the country and the introduction of a Western parliamentary constitution.

Creation of The Meiji Constitution (1868)

Japan's leaders sought to create a constitution that would define Japan as a capable, modern nation deserving of Western respect while preserving their own power.