the meiji restoration of japan

Matthew Perry went to japan with big bulky modernized ships and the japanese were no match for these high tech ships. they were so behind that give up and decided sign a trade treaty with foreign countries. the japanese were adapting to foreign ways, they send states men to study foreing ways. the japanese started to industrialize, modernize and mass producing wich really boost up theyre economy. aqctually japan was an archipelago, a large chain or group of island or any large body of water containing many islands.