COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Was a Feudal System led by Samurai
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Brought stability to Japan
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Banned all contact with the outside world (isolationism)
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Outlawed European products and Christian Missionaries
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Detailed explanation-1: -After a century of chaos, betrayals, and civil war, that was something the Shogunate would not tolerate. The Tokugawa shogunate had begun to persecute Christians, largely out of a fear that Christianity would subvert the order and hierarchy that they had struggled for so long to create and maintain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Tokugawa shogunate finally decided to ban Catholicism in 1614, and in the mid-17th century demanded the expulsion of all European missionaries and the execution of all converts. This marked the end of open Christianity in Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tokugawa shoguns eradicated Christianity in Japan via murder, persecution and decrees. In 1638, an estimated 37, 000 people (mostly Christians), were massacred after the Christian-led Shimabara Rebellion.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fearful of European colonizers and their growing influence across Asia, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, Japan’s ruthless military dictator, had banned Christian missionaries in 1587, but there were still close to 300, 000 Christians in the country.