The Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment provision in the US Constitution was originally found in the English Bill of Rights.
<span>D. The samurai and daimyo restored the emperor to power and worked to reform Japan.
Western influence interrupted Japanese culture and the overthrow of the Shogunate led to the Meiji Restoration.
The Meiji Restoration brought the emperor back to power along with a representative body called the Diet. The Meiji period focused on creating a modern country based on western principles. </span>
Lines of Lattitude and Longitude
