Question

Which event most directly led to the Meiji Restoration?(1 point)
Responses

sakoku
sakoku

Shinto
Shinto

Ansei great earthquakes
Ansei great earthquakes

Boshin War

Answer 1

The event that most directly led to the Meiji Restoration is the **Boshin War**. This civil war between forces loyal to the Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to restore imperial rule ultimately resulted in the overthrow of the shogunate and the restoration of power to Emperor Meiji in 1868.