How Did The Meiji Restoration Affect Japan
Calvin Moon
Ms. Gillette
World History, Block B
Nov 28, 2016
Ryu Gwan Sun Essay
Japan, affected by the Meiji Restoration, gains lots of power throughout the world as they gained military power from modernizing. As they grew bigger, they started to colonize countries to expand and to show their dominant power. Japan employed gunboat diplomacy to pressure Korea, under the Joseon Dynasty, to sign the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, which granted Japan with extraterritorial rights and to force open three Korean ports to Japanese trade. This unequal treaty had allowed Japan to slowly grow power in the Korean politics and later, they managed to control the Korean King, Gojong to create new laws that made Japanese people more superior than the Koreans. …show more content…
In the beginning, Japan used the Korean King, Gojong’s help to unify the Korean minds to follow the new pro-Japanese laws as he had respect that he had gained in the past. To show dominance to Gojong, it’s believed by many Historians that Japan assassinated his wife due to her showing strong dislike on the idea of being colonized by Japan. Later on, when Korea’s land value has gone up for the Japanese, they assassinated Gojong by allegedly poisoning him in January of 1919 and took almost full control of Korea. The Japanese citizens were automatically promoted to first-class citizens and the Koreans were demoted to second-class Japanese citizens in Korea. Japan’s mistreatment on Korea has upset some people around the world such as Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of United States. After analyzing the conflicts in Korea, he set out the Fourteen Points Doctrine that proclaimed that “all nations have the right to freely govern themselves and determine their own political destiny with no external compulsion or interference”. Although big head figures in the world such as the president of the United States, stressed this issue, it was rare for the people outside of Asia to realize the seriousness of the issue. By March 1, 1919, many young Koreans decided that they are going to reclaim Korea as a sovereign independent state after they were inspired by the doctrine from the president and being enraged by the assassination of the Korean
Ms. Gillette
World History, Block B
Nov 28, 2016
Ryu Gwan Sun Essay
Japan, affected by the Meiji Restoration, gains lots of power throughout the world as they gained military power from modernizing. As they grew bigger, they started to colonize countries to expand and to show their dominant power. Japan employed gunboat diplomacy to pressure Korea, under the Joseon Dynasty, to sign the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876, which granted Japan with extraterritorial rights and to force open three Korean ports to Japanese trade. This unequal treaty had allowed Japan to slowly grow power in the Korean politics and later, they managed to control the Korean King, Gojong to create new laws that made Japanese people more superior than the Koreans. …show more content…
In the beginning, Japan used the Korean King, Gojong’s help to unify the Korean minds to follow the new pro-Japanese laws as he had respect that he had gained in the past. To show dominance to Gojong, it’s believed by many Historians that Japan assassinated his wife due to her showing strong dislike on the idea of being colonized by Japan. Later on, when Korea’s land value has gone up for the Japanese, they assassinated Gojong by allegedly poisoning him in January of 1919 and took almost full control of Korea. The Japanese citizens were automatically promoted to first-class citizens and the Koreans were demoted to second-class Japanese citizens in Korea. Japan’s mistreatment on Korea has upset some people around the world such as Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of United States. After analyzing the conflicts in Korea, he set out the Fourteen Points Doctrine that proclaimed that “all nations have the right to freely govern themselves and determine their own political destiny with no external compulsion or interference”. Although big head figures in the world such as the president of the United States, stressed this issue, it was rare for the people outside of Asia to realize the seriousness of the issue. By March 1, 1919, many young Koreans decided that they are going to reclaim Korea as a sovereign independent state after they were inspired by the doctrine from the president and being enraged by the assassination of the Korean