Agenda 11-20• BW – Pick up Notes sheet, answer the BW

question• CW 1 – Video notes• CW 2 – Imperialism in Japan notes• HW – Compare imperialism in Japan and one

other place in the world (India, Africa or China)• Quote of the Day “Be faithful in small things

because it is in them that your strength lies.” - Mother Teresa

EQ: How was Japan’s imperialist experience

unique?

• In 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry and four U.S. warships arrived in previously isolated Japan.

Commodore Matthew Perry

• Perry forced open Japan, and started trade between Japan and the West, ending Japanese isolation.

• In response, the Japanese restored Emperor Meiji to power, bringing change to Japan.

Overthrown Tokugawa shogunate

Emperor Meiji

• This period was called the Meiji Restoration, which was a movement toward modernization.

• Prompted in part because Japan feared being colonized by the West.

• To modernize Japan, leaders of the Meiji government studied Western institutions and technology.

• The Meiji Restoration resulted in the modernization of industry and military, which led to the rise of Japan as an imperialistic nation.