The Mejii Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry was the U.S. commodore in 1853. He went to Japan in order to have a rest stop for the ships that might go have to go through Japan. Japan at this time was isolated from everyone else because they thought there views on life were much better then tht of any one elses. The Japanese were impressed at the ships that Matthew Perry brought, because they were steam powered ships and they had cannons on the side. The Japanese economy changed after Japan started to become more industrialized. The mass production had changed the way Japanese worked with their money. Japan modernized by having statesmen go to othger countries such as Europe and north america and learn the views of life and how they study. Also they learned about the government. Then the statesmen came back and told the emperor all they saw on their trip. This changed the japanese government because after this thgey took the idea of a constitution and made their own then they began to take over other countries. This way they could prove that they were not a weak country. Japan is a archepelago that means that its a chain of islands. Japan is many islands that form into one country.