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May 14, 2008 · Leave a Comment

1.Meiji restoration:change when a group of samurai overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to power.
2.Diet: Japan’s 2 house national legislature.
3.Sino-Japanese War: War between China and Japan over Korea in 1894, resulting in a japanese victory.
4.Treaty of Shimonoseki: 1895 treaty forcing China to recognize  independence of korea and make concessions to Japan.
5.Mongkut: Ascended to power in 1851. Studied western ideas to understand his enemies and help modernize his country.
6.Liliuokalani: Hawaii’s queen that did not want foreigners to control Hawaii.
7.Emilio Aguinaldo: Led the Filipinos in a fight for indeoendence.

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A. How did the British rule affect India?
The British rule affected mostly the education in India. By having the classes taught in English, learning about Western ideas, like democracy and socialism.

B. why were the Japanese able to reform and industrialize their nation so quickly?
The Japanese were able to reform and industrialize their nation so quickly because the government passed laws that encouraged private citizens to start businesses. It also brought new factory machinery from Western countries.  As well as copying some of their ideas.

C. How did United States expansion in hawaii differ from its expansion in the Philippines? 
In Hawaii they started growing sugarcanes and pineapple plantations, within a few years it took over the land.

In the Philippines a war was fought, between Spain and the U.S.. within a few months, the United States controlled the Philippines

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