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1.

-Meiji Restoration: Change when a group of samurai overthrew the Tokugawa shogunate and restored the emperor to power.

-Diet: Japan’s two house national legislature.

-Sino-Japanese War: War between China and Japan over Korea in 1894, resulting in a Japanese victory.

-Treaty of Shimonoseki: 1895 treaty forcing China to recognize independence of Korea and make concessions to Japan.

-Mongkut: A king who ascended to power in 1851 and was paraticularly good at such diplomacy. He studied Western ideas to understandhis enemies and help modernize his country.

-Liliuokalani: Hawaii’s queen that did not want foreigners to control Hawaii.

-Emilio Aguinaldo: Led the Filipinos in a fight for independence.

 

3.

a. How did British rule affect India?

The British system of education had a powerful impact. The classes were mostly taught in English, the students learned about Western ideas, like democracy and socialism, and with the regular school subjects.

b. Why were the Japanese able to reform and industrialize their nation so quickly?

They were able to reform and industrialize so quickly because the government bought new factory machinery from western countries and passes laws to encourage private citizens to start businesses. Also, the government sent students and leaders to the Western countries to learn as much as they could about their ideas.

c. How did United States expansion in Hawaii differ from its expansion in the Philippines?

In Hawaii the people from the United States just went in and started huge sugarcane and pineapple plantations and a few years later took over the island.

In philippines it was different; Spain and the United States went to war in the Philippines but within a few months the United States controled the Philippines.