What were the immediate and the long-term results of the Tokugawa Shogunate's response to the threat of Euro-American invasions?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
Like the Qing and Ottoman Empires, Tokugawa Japan tried to strengthen its finances and military. However, because of the decentralized nature of Tokugawa government and the growing power of regional leaders estranged from Tokugawa favor and control, the Tokugawa government crumbled. When the shogunate agreed to sign an unequal treaty with the United States in 1858, many regional governors became opposed to the Tokugawa and began to plan the overthrow of the shogunate. Under the leadership of the domains of Choshu and Satsuma, the rebel governors overthrew Tokugawa government, "restored" Emperor Mutsuhito, and created a strong central government that completed the political, economic, and industrial transformation of Japan. Within decades, Japan became a world naval power.
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