Using at least three complete sentences, describe why Japan didn’t suffer the same fate as other Asian countries that were being conquered and dominated
by imperial countries. Include why Japan stopped being isolated, who took power in Japan, and what Japan decided to do with its new power.
They kept everyone out but a few Dutch traders. They particularly evicted the Catholic missionaries.
It was the United States that finally opened the country up, and they did not have imperialistic motives. They adopted modern weaponry from the West as soon as they saw it.
Finally and most importantly perhaps they were tough as nails. They kept the Mongols out by sheer warfare.
Google shogun (skip the restaurants :).