Change in the

“Personal value leads to a strong nation.”
F Yukichi

Not a Puppet

Unify the nation

Governance

• Liberal - French and U.S. human rights and representative government
• Conservative - German with a central government.

Dajokan

Feudalism Dies

Social Changes

• End of feudal system
• Daiymo lost domains
• Samurai moved on
• Commoners had surnames
• Lower incomes had choice
• Farmers owned land
• University free

As Capable or the natural order?

Newspapers

Industrialization

Zaibatsu
Financial cliques who gradually were given government owned businesses.

Matsukata’s Policies?

What is capitalism?

Recap

• Shintoism, Buddhism endured.
• Central government
• Liberty and individualism
• Market economy (imposed tariffs)
• Class system abolished

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