During this period, the phrase "Boys, be ambitious!" became a popular slogan after it was uttered by William Smith Clark.
During this period, the phrase "Boys, be ambitious!" became a popular slogan after it was uttered by William Smith Clark. Guido Verbeck and this period's oligarchs organized one of the world-touring missions that embarked during it. An adviser offered to provoke his own murder to justify the invasion of a nearby country in this period's Seikanron debate. During this period, the unification of the classes was promised by the five-point (*) Charter Oath. This movement was opposed by the Boshin War and by Saigo Takamori's Satsuma Rebellion, and catalysts for it include the arrival of the "black ships" of Matthew Perry and the subsequent end of the Sakoku period. For 10 points, name this period of modernization in Japan, a "restoration" named for the emperor who led it.
During this period, the phrase "Boys, be ambitious!" became a popular slogan after it was uttered by William Smith Clark.
Meiji Restoration [or Meiji Period; or anything like Meiji Renovation, Reform, etc]