How did the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the rise of the Meiji government change Japan? Choose the correct answer from the following:
It paved the way for Japan to become a major world power
it began a period of significant economic and industrial decline
it caused a civil war between the two competing leaders
it marked the beginning of a more democratic rule in Japan
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It paved the way for Japan to become a major world power.