SOURCE4 When Commodore Perry returned to Japan in 1854, he introduced examples of western technology, including a miniature steam locomotive and the electric telegraph.
Why did the sh̄ogunate’s power decline? After more than 250 years of stability under the Tokugawa sh̄oguns and almost 700 years of sh̄ogunate government, why were the sh̄oguns unable to maintain their power and continue the long period of isolation from the outside world? Examining the following developments may help us to explain this decline in sh̄ogunate power.
SOURCE5 The signing of the Kanagawa Treaty, 1854
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