Colonialism was a policy of creation and maintenance of a form of colonial people in a territory to other territory. The history of colonialism is a major content in the evolutionary history of humankind. Colonialism is often used to refer to a period of history from the 15th century until the 19th century when Europeans built their colonies. One of the continents that got affected by the colonialism was Asia. Three representatives for this continent that went through colonial experience were China, Japan and India. These three countries all shared similar colonial experiences. At the beginning, they all had negative interactions with Western cultures and did not give any attention to the colonizer but after a turning point, they all got Western
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They got away with colonialism after taking two main steps. At this time, Japanese people realized the power of Western nations. It was time for them to take action to save their country. The first step Japanese people did was throw out the Shogun and got rid of the Samurai. They blamed the Shogun for signing the unequal treaty. This was the time when the Meiji era began in 1868. During this era, Japanese society moved from isolated society to its modern form. They started rebuilding everything. They wanted to learn from the Western people. The political culture and industrial revolution was executed in Japan at the same time. During this time, Japanese invited a lot of experts from the West to train them how to build construction, organize the army, advise how to change the way the court and the jail system works and other aspects. Japan jail system looked like Britain after the change. This revolution worked because by 1873, Japan got the unequal treaty reverse. For 20 years (1853-1873), Japan thought they would be colonized but it did not happen. However, they were always in dangerous position. The second step they did was become colonizer. They decided to colonize Taiwan and Korea. Japanese people took this mission very seriously. They brought all kind of experts from Japan to these two countries to transform them into modern countries. They wanted to use these two countries as the expansion of colony and prove to the world that they could be a better colonizer than the
They got away with colonialism after taking two main steps. At this time, Japanese people realized the power of Western nations. It was time for them to take action to save their country. The first step Japanese people did was throw out the Shogun and got rid of the Samurai. They blamed the Shogun for signing the unequal treaty. This was the time when the Meiji era began in 1868. During this era, Japanese society moved from isolated society to its modern form. They started rebuilding everything. They wanted to learn from the Western people. The political culture and industrial revolution was executed in Japan at the same time. During this time, Japanese invited a lot of experts from the West to train them how to build construction, organize the army, advise how to change the way the court and the jail system works and other aspects. Japan jail system looked like Britain after the change. This revolution worked because by 1873, Japan got the unequal treaty reverse. For 20 years (1853-1873), Japan thought they would be colonized but it did not happen. However, they were always in dangerous position. The second step they did was become colonizer. They decided to colonize Taiwan and Korea. Japanese people took this mission very seriously. They brought all kind of experts from Japan to these two countries to transform them into modern countries. They wanted to use these two countries as the expansion of colony and prove to the world that they could be a better colonizer than the