what prompted Japan to begin industrializing in the late 1800's
a. japan feared they were falling behind their neighbor china
b. japan ties with britain gave them advantage in textile manufacturing
c. the new meiji government pursed a course of modernization
d. the shotgun saw and opportunity to sell manufactured good throughout asia
The Meiji government began to propose a series of plans of rapidly industrializing Japan to become just like a Western superpower which became known as the Meiji Restoration (a period of rapid industrialization).
