Question

What was the name of the newly formed Japanese government that overthrew the Shogun and

worked to modernize the nation to avoid foreign imperialism?

Meiji

Tokugawa

Hangchow

Han

Answer 1

Meji.

The Meiji Restoration, referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration, and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Reform, or Renewal, was an event that restored practical imperial rule to the Empire of Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji.