The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry bullied the Japanese to sign a trade treaty through a display of the United States' military. When Perry anchored 26 miles off the coast of Tokyo, the Japanese were suprised and amazed by the movement of ships with no sails. Perry alsso intentionally arrived in port with sails down to intimidate the Japanese with American progress of thechnoligy. The impressive navy force that Perry brought to Japan were stronger, and faster to any warships the Japanese had and they left the Japanese with few choices but to grant the U.S. it's wishes.

With this being in affect, the Japense economy went down. Its economy dropped because European countries and American produced large amout of supplies and the Japense got no tariff on foreign goods.To become a modern nation, the emperor ysed a system of mandatory, state funded elementary education. The mandatory school would raise a level of education. This also helped Japan have more nationalist.

An archipelago is is a chain or cluster of islands that is formed tectonically. After all of this Japan become one.