WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The reforms enacted during the Meiji emperor’s rule brought about the modernization and Westernization of the country and paved the way for Japan to become a major international power.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Industrial Revolution in the United States The beginning of industrialization in the United States is usually pegged to the opening of a textile mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, in 1793 by the recent English immigrant Samuel Slater.

Detailed explanation-3: -Major production and export of cotton and silk yarn ensured Japan achieved an industrial revolution in light industry in the late nineteenth century. Less than 30 years after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the country had established a capitalist economy.

Detailed explanation-4: -After the Tokugawa government collapsed in 1868, a new Meiji government committed to the twin policies of fukoku kyohei (wealthy country/strong military) took up the challenge of renegotiating its treaties with the Western powers. It created infrastructure that facilitated industrialization.

Detailed explanation-5: -The groundwork for Japan’s rapid modernization in the early Meiji era (1868–1912) was, however, laid in the Edo period (1603–1868).