This Industrial Revolution thing is a hit. Everyone is doing it. But, if your nation is not modernizing/industrializing enough to keep up with the “Big Boys” (Britain, US, Germany); sometimes the government will step in with an Industrialization plan of their own. There are really three to know: Japan (Meiji), Ottomans (Tanzimat) and China (Self Strengthening). But, there are others like Muhammad Ali in Egypt and the Russians beginning to modernize in the 1890s.

1. TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD
2. TANZIMAT REFORMS
3. SELF-STRENGTHENING MOVEMENT
4. MEIJI RESTORATION
5. CHARTER OATH

1. TANZIMAT FERMANI (1839), Sultan Abdulmecid I
2. LETTER FROM PRESIDENT FILMORE TO EMPEROR OF JAPAN (1853), President Millard Fillmore
3. CHARTER OATH (1868), Kido Takayoshi
4. OTTOMAN CONSTITUTION of 1876 (1876)
5. MEMOIR OF SERGEI WITTE (1911)

1. KILOMETER MARKER 9,288 AT THE LAST STOP IN VLADIVOSTOK, RUSSIA

2. MATTHEW PERRY’S BLACK SHIPS ARRIVE IN TOKYO BAY IN 1853

3. THE 1876 CONSTITUTION (1905)

4. MUHAMMAD ALI OVERSEAS THE ARMY & NAVY (1848)

1. The Industrial Revolution didn’t happen naturally everywhere.
2. Most of the earth had to copy this idea from Britain or from people who copied Britain.
3. But, in some cases, entire governments decided to get with the program and start modernizing.
4. There’s two categories here: 1. Successful and 2. Not successful. Success can be determined by head to head competition.
5. The successful=Japan. They beat up China (twice) and will be a dominant world player from here on out. China tried (Self Strengthening) and failed… Ottomans tried (Tanzimat) and failed…