Question

As autocratic rulers, which of the following traits did Takugawa Ieyasu of the Edo Period in Japan and Louis XIV of 17th century France share in common?

created a bureaucracy
believed God had put him in power
kept nobles at their palace to prevent rebellion
encouraged the arts
encouraged freedom of religion

Answer 1

603-1868

-17th century

The last Shogunate of Japan

-social order

-limited trade

-17th c. population boom: relative peace leads to tripling of population in 1600s

Tokugawa Shogunate founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu

In the Tokugawa Shogunate: social, economic, and political inequity/hierarchies structured village life

Villages made up domains that were ruled by Daimyos

Had one of the most complex, sophisticated beuracracies in Japan

The Shogunate regulated how the Daimyo ran their domains

-Daimyo had to contribute men and money to the Shogun's building projects

-Each Daimyo must spend half his time in his domain and the other half in the Shogun's capital at Edo

-could only have a limited number of guns

The Shogunate:

-refurbished highways with checkpoints to keep guns out of Edo

-took over mines for precious metals such as silver

-forbade the practice of Christianity

-strict trade only with the Dutch and Chinese at the Nagasaki port

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