For What Reason Did the Tokugawa Shoguns Expel All Foreign

question 49

Multiple Choice

For what reason did the Tokugawa shoguns expel all foreign traders except for the Dutch?

• A) The Japanese did not have the capacity to collect taxes from dispersed trading companies.
• B) The Japanese feared that British technology would destabilize Japan.
• C) The Dutch were Protestants and did not proselytize.
• D) The Dutch would not undercut the Japanese economy by importing silver.

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