The Meiji Restoration of Japan

The Meiji Restoration of Japan was was a chain of events that led to changes in Japan's political and social structure. Japan is an archipelago, which means a group of islands. Japan had cut them selves out of the world not knowing how much it had grown. the technology were advanced and they had not notice, until one day Matthew Perry came. Matthew Perry had arrived at Japan with a simple steamed powed boat. this was modern technology to him. But since Japan had cut off on trading routes and all they hadf never seen this type of technology. that was when there eyes had opened. they then reliezed how far behind they were. Perry had treated them unfairly.