... techniques and armed with modern western guns, defeated the last resistance of the traditional samurai warriors. With the exception of these few samurai outbreaks, Japans domestic transformation proceeded with remarkable speed, energy, and the cooperation of the people. Another major social change was when the Meiji reformers brought the emperor and Shinto to national prominence, replacing Buddhism as the national religion ... Restoration, almost everyone attended the free public schools for at lest six years. The government closely controlled the schools, making sure that in addition t...

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