The Embargo act of 1807 made all the exports and imports from the United States banned/illegal. Meaning that no trading can be done that interferes with America.
The Neo-Confucian theory that dominated Japan during the Tokugawa Period recognized only four social classes–warriors (samurai), artisans, farmers and merchants–and mobility between the four classes was officially prohibited. With peace restored, many samurai became bureaucrats or took up a trade. This is what I saw when I looked on the internet. That’s all I could find. I hope this helped:) sorry if I am wrong
<span>The scientific revolution, this period in time was called the Enlightenment period! mainly because it came after the dark ages, which during the dark ages people were very very unintelligent, so ask curiosity piqued and people started learning more and figuring out more about everything!</span>