Statistics for Meiji Restoration

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
	Samurai	89%
What had Japan been ruled by before the 12th century	Emperor	84%
What were the castes in that system	Daimyo	68%
What did the Samurai instate into Japan in the 12th century	Shogunate	68%
What was Edo renamed	Tokyo	63%
	Russia	58%
Which nation did this ship belong to	USA	58%
Which port did they surround	Edo	53%
	France	53%
Capital of Japan that they attempted to seize	Kyoto	53%
Who did the alliance wish the instate to full power (Emperor's son)	Meiji	53%
Japanese foreign policy	Isolationism	42%
	Merchants	42%
What did this result them to ban (with Western powers)	Trade	42%
Which year was this in	1868	37%
Who were ordered to help put down the rebellion	Dutch	37%
	Farmers	37%
How old was he at the time	15	32%
The shogun issued an ... to repel all foreign Japanese ships	Edict	32%
Who commanded these ships	Matthew Perry	32%
Hometown of the previously mentioned samurai	Satsuma	32%
His successor (and son)	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	32%
In which year did he (unsuccessfully) order the barbarians to be expelled	1863	26%
In which year where they defeated	1869	26%
	Artisans	26%
Who (along with the US) forced Japan to sign unequal treaties	Britain	26%
On which island did the resistance flee to	Hokkaido	26%
What did they name themselves	Republic of Ezo	26%
Slogan of this movement	Revere the emperor and expel the barbarians	26%
What movement did they set up	Sonno Joi	26%
Which Japanese resource did the they desire	Coal	21%
A Samurai in the government who was not happy with this, leaving the government	Saigo Takamori	21%
Year where Christians and foreigners rebelled against the strict rule	1637	16%
In which year did Meiji die	1912	16%
How many times larger was the army	60	16%
Which war did Yoshinobu's forces begin	Boshin War	16%
As a result, which values were implemented into the lives of the Japanese	Bushido	16%
Who were the samurai replaced by	Conscript army	16%
What was moved to it	Imperial Court	16%
What type of ships were sent to Japan (4 of them)	Steam ships	16%
	Whales	16%
Year where the samurai raised an army and marched to the government	1877	11%
In which month were they defeated	October	11%
	Poison	11%
Southern samurai clans believing the treaties obstructed the sacredness of Japan	Shishi	11%
Studies of these were declared ... by the rulers	Barbaric	5%
What was then established	Empire of Japan	5%
Change in tactics from the samurai movement	Japanese spirit, western technology	5%
What did they force Yoshinobu to do	Resign	5%
What alliance did they form	Satcho alliance	5%
After what event did the emperor return to a figurehead	Second World War	5%
Shogun who died in 1866	Tokugawa Iemochi	5%
What did many Japanese people perceive the new government to be	Western spirit, western technology	5%
This was retracted after a merchant ship was fired upon in ...	1837	0%
When was he pardoned as a tragic hero	1899	0%
What were discovered there, sent by Meiji	Assassins	0%
What was studied by institutes in some cities	Barbarian culture	0%
Restrictions were lifted on what in the 18th century	Dutch literature	0%
The British ambassador made sure that there would be no ...	European intervention	0%
More daimyo began to rebel after the shogun ... one who was part of the samurai clans	Expelled	0%
What was he planned to become	Head of the council to the emperor	0%
Nevertheless, he committed ...	Honourable seppuku	0%
Which forces were more modernized	Imperial forces	0%
Which (figurehead) emperor sided with this movement	Komei	0%
Castle where he laid siege and fought the new army	Kumamoto castle	0%
	Literature	0%
On what values was Japan aimed to be based on	Nationalism	0%
What did the Daimyo loyal to the Shogun set up in the north	Northern Alliance	0%
What did the new rulers attempt to do	Radically modernise	0%
What was another name for this	Samurai code	0%
Along with Western powers, who repelled the samurai	Samurai police	0%
Who did the Shishi ally with	Shoshu	0%
British ambassador who aided the samurai with guns	Sir John Parkes	0%
Which two things may the emperor have died from in 1867	Smallpox	0%
What did the rebellious samurai then attack	Western people	0%
	Western ships	0%