SkillBuilder
Use the SkillBuilder activities to develop these Historical concepts and skills: • HISTORICAL QUESTIONS • CHRONOLOGY
• USING HISTORICAL SOURCES • CONTINUITY AND CHANGE • CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES • HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE • COMMUNICATING
1868 The Tokugawa shogunate is overthrown. Emperor Meiji is restored to power.
Azuchi-Momoyama period 1568–1600 Toyotomi Hideyoshi persecutes Christians. Increase in foreign trade.
1397 Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) built.
1549 Francis Xavier
1688–1704 Genroku period brings a flourishing of urban culture
1853 Commodore
introduces Christianity to Japan.
Perry first visits from the US.
1868–69 Boshin War
1467–77 Onin War
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Muromachi period 1336–1573 Japan under military control of the Ashikaga shoguns
Edo period 1600–1868 Japan under military control of theTokugawa shoguns. Christians are persecuted. Society is organised according to principles of shi-no-ko-sho.
1467–1568 Age of the warring states
Policy of national seclusion isolates Japan from the rest of the world. Edo is the largest city in the world.
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