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1
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Who was Japan’s you emperor

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Mutsuhito

2
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What was mutsuhitos reign called

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Meiji

3
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What does Meiji mean

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Enlightened rule

4
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How did Mutsuhito modernize

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He sent diplomats to Europe and North America to study western civilization and then used Germany’s constitution as a model and imitated Germany and britains navy and army skills, and adopted American education

5
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What happened after modernization

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Built the first railroad line, rapid increase in coal production, built factories, Japanese industries expanded

6
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What was the impact of the Meiji restoration

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Developing modern industries made Japan competitive with the west, they gained many warships and well trained well armed soldiers, and they became the strongest military power in Asia

7
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Why did they have the Meiji reform

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Japanese were angry Tokugawa shoguns were giving into foreigners demands so they turned to Mutsuhito