Question

1. Describe the establishment of the Tokugawa Shougunate. 2. Who was the first Shogun of this period? 3. What city was the Shogunate based in? 4. Did Ieyasu promote foreign trade? 5. What was the effect of the lasting peace on the Samuri class? 6. What was Shogun Lemitsu's effect on foreign travel? 7. What were the five classes (in order) of society during the "Neo-­‐Confucious" era? 8. What social values did the Neo-­‐Confucians stress? 9. What was the cause of the Tokugawa decline? 10. Describe the pressures Japan was under to "open-­‐up" in the late 19th century. Why did the Japanese decide to open up?

Answer 1

2. The first shogun of this period was Tokugawa Ieyasu.
3.It was based in Edo( Tokyo)
4.At first, he did, but when the Europeans looked down on their traditional Japanese beliefs and got involved in local politics. To keep foreign influence at the minimum,he made a closed country policy in which almost all the ports and borders were closed.Only Nagasaki was open and to only Dutch and Chinese settlers.
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