Perseve what? You have no explanation or anything.
He wanted to bring an end to slavery.
Urbanization. As industrial innovations took off, more factory jobs were available, more people moved to dense cities, and urban construction grew.
The event was the Meiji Restoration was the event launched a period of rapid industrialisation and Westernisation in Japan during the 19th Century. This brought back traditional Japanese rule and led to modernisation.
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