The Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji restoration speaks for its self basically it was modernized and restored some sort of economic growth.When the Meiji emperor was restored as head of Japan in 1868, the nation was weak military so they were kind of defenseless against other countries or any enemies they had. They were primarily agricultural and had very little technology growing in there country and when they had swords riding on horses other countries had guns and cannons. It was controlled by hundreds of semi-independent feudal lords. The Western empires like USA and Europe had Japan to sign treaties that limited its control over its own trade outside of the country and any crimes outside of the country were not to be trialed in japan but in western powers.

When the Meiji period ended, with the death of the emperor in 1912 japan then started to restore itself. Japan builded a strong navy and army. They also stared to build up technology wise so they stated catching up to everyon else, they had a established Parliament. The education was getting better. P[eople were living better you can say. japan moved from samurais to weapons that were more accurate deadly and better economic trade.