Similarities Between Great Britain And Japan

Great Britain and japan both were very similar both were islands they needed different countries to become more powerful and both wanted good trading partners. But both were very different in what they wanted to do with the things they got. Great Britain wanted more countries to become more powerful so no one would mess with them while japan wanted different places to put industries there for them to make more money. How they did it was they sent over armies of their men to take control and make the people of the other countries do things for them.

Japan wanted to make more money of the industries they put in the countries all over the place they wanted to make the people make the things they need and send them back to Japan for them to use and sell. Trade was a big deal in Japan that's how they go all the things the needed form other places and that's how they got the things other countries made for them. Japan needed people to trade with to get the things they really need form markets from other places and the raw materials from other places as well."When …show more content…
Being the most powerful in Great Britain meant that no one would try and mess with them so they went to different countries and took over and told them to do whatever they said. They also did this because the places they took over were surrounded by water and it was more secure from invasions if anyone actually did try to attack them. "In comparing the advantages of England for manufactures with those of other countries, we can by no means overlook the excellent commercial position of the country – intermediate between the north and south of Europe, and its insular situation, which, combined with the command of the seas, secures our territory from invasion. . . . [O]ur ports command an unobstructed passage to the Atlantic and to every quarter of the world." (Doc.