Question

Which event most directly led to the Meiji Restoration? (1 point)
Boshin War
sakoku
• Ansei great earthquakes
Shinto

Answer 1

Sakoku — the end of Japan's isolation (forced opening by Western powers, e.g. Commodore Perry) undermined the Tokugawa shogunate, sparking political unrest and movements that led to the Meiji Restoration. The Boshin War came afterward to consolidate the change.