Glimpse of History in Japan from the year 1750 to 1914.

3. EMPEROR MEIJI
(1867-1912)

4. MILITARILY WEAK
COUNTRY
PRIMARILY
AGRICULTURAL
TECHNOLOGICAL
DEVELOPMENT

5. REGAINED
COMPLETE CONTROL
OF FOREIGN TRADE
AND LEGAL SYSTEM
WON TWO WARS

7. THE ABOLITION OF
FEUDALISM MADE
POSSIBLE
TREMENDOUS
SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL CHANGES.

8. •BUILT RAILWAY
•TELEGRAPH AND
TELEPHONE
•THREE SHIPYARDS
•TEN MINES
•FIVE MUNITIONS WORKS
•FIFTY-THREE CONSUMER
INDUSTRIES

9. •NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM AND A
CONSTITUTION

10. THE
INTERNATIONA
L CLIMATE:
COLONIALISM
AND
EXPANSION

11. FOUGHT A WAR AGAINST
CHINA OVER ITS INTEREST IN
KOREA

12. When the Meiji period ended, with the death of
the emperor in 1912, Japan had
· a highly centralized, bureaucratic
government;
· a constitution establishing an elected
parliament;
· a well-developed transport and
communication system;
· a highly educated population free of feudal
class restrictions;
· an established and rapidly growing
industrial sector based on the latest
technology; and
· a powerful army and navy.