What Caused the Meiji Restoration of 1867

question 67

Multiple Choice

What caused the Meiji Restoration of 1867?

• A) Commodore Perry's show of force in Tokyo Bay
• B) an aristocratic revolt against the Japanese emperor
• C) the samurai seizure of the Japanese government to preserve Japan's independence
• D) a revolt of the merchant class, which benefitted greatly from the new trade with the outside world
• E) a religious uprising to protest Christianity

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