Section outline

  • THEMATIC FOCUS

    Governance GOV
    A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.

    LEARNING OBJECTIVE

    Unit 5: Learning Objective G
    Explain the causes and effects of economic strategies of different states and empires.

    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS

    KC-5.1.V.C
    As the influence of the Industrial Revolution grew, a small number of states and governments promoted their own state sponsored visions of industrialization.

    KC-5.2.II.A
    The expansion of U.S. and European influence in Asia led to internal reform in Japan that supported industrialization and led to the growing regional power of Japan in the Meiji Era.