so you didn't think big daddy government wasn't going to play hand in the industrial revolution did you don't be crazy no while some states industrialized from the bottom up there were a few others that industrialize from the top down and that is what this video is all about so if you're ready to get them brain cows milk ma restoration style then let's get to it so first let's remember the context covered in the last few videos for states that adopted industrialization mainly in Western Europe and the United States the transformation of their economies and their share in the global balance of power was fundamentally shifted in their favor in other words during this period industrialized nations were like Zay gef crushing industrialized Nation skulls like Sparrow's egg between thighs and so some states not wanting their skull to be crushed between thighs like Sparrow's egg promoted their own state sponsored and more limited attempts at industrialization and that brings us to Egypt which was technically part of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century but which operated largely independent of Ottoman rule thanks to his powerful military government now to put it mildly the Ottoman Empire was in a bad way during this time it was struggling and declining due to internal corruption and conflicts and therefore had little energy or wealth to invest in industrialization and to be fair that would later change under the the tonsim reforms but we'll get to that in a later video oh and if you want no guys to follow along with this video and all my videos check the link in the description regardless under the leadership of Muhammad Ali Egypt went ahead and took some steps toward industrialization on its own not least because that would further erode their dependence on Ottoman sultants and so pretty soon textile and weapons factories and other industrial projects multiplied across the landscape peasants were directed to grow things like wheat and cotton which the government purchased and then sold for profit on the World Market additionally Ali significantly raised tariffs which are taxes on imported goods in order to protect the growing devel vment of the Egyptian made Goods but despite the strides made toward industrialization in Europe here's where I tell you that in the end this project was not as successful as it was in Western Europe and the United States the short version is that Great Britain wasn't exactly thrilled to witness the growing power and wealth of an industrialized Egypt mainly because Crossing Egypt was the quickest way to access trade networks in Asia and so when Egypt went to war with the Ottomans in 1839 Britain intervened and the result was that they forced Egypt to remove the tariffs and other barriers to trade that have protected Egyptian industry and with that mass produce British goods flooded into Egypt and their infant Industries couldn't compete thus stunting the industrial project and keeping Egypt's skull squarely between Britain's thighs but oh baby it was very much a different story over in Japan whose state sponsored industrialization was a real successful so recall from the previous video that Japan during the Tokugawa Shogun a had almost completely isolated itself s from Western influence in trade leaving only a single port open to Dutch Traders you know Japan was just having some me time and didn't want to mess with all this industrialization nonsense but a couple factors emerged to change that attitude quick fast and in a hurry first Japan witnessed Western Powers rapidly dominating other Asian States like the once Great China now we'll talk more about that development in another video but here you just need to know that Western Powers basically overwhelmed China with their industrialized military might and force them into a series of unequal treaties that made China subservient to Western economic interests and Japan saw this and was like yeah no thanks and the second factor that changed Japan's mind was the arrival of us Commodore Matthew Perry who came to Japan with a fleet of steampowered ships stacked to the rim with guns he sent a letter to the Shogun demanding that Japan open trade relations with the United States and with boss level intimidation tactics sent a white flag of surrender as a gift with that note in other words if you don't open your ports to us you're going to need this flag because we're going to crush your skull like Sparrow's egg between THS and so ultimately Japan decided to initiate an aggressive state sponsored program of industrialization as kind of a defensive measure against Western domination and that was facilitated by a Japanese Civil War in 1868 which led to the overthrow of the shogunate and the reestablishment of an emperor by a group of young Samurai who become fearful of the effects of Western intrusion and continued Japanese isolationism the result was a period known as the mai restoration which Japan sought to escape foreign Domination by adopting much of the industrial practices that have made the West powerful and in the beginning they basically borrowed from the West wholesale Japan sent emissaries to Major industrial powers to learn everything they could about their technology their culture education systems and political arrangements and implemented much of that in their own state but then later on they would pump the brakes a little and borrow a little more selectively but in the end Japan established a constitution that provided for an elected Parliament which they borrowed from Germany and the state funded the extensive building of railroads and the establishment of a national banking system as well as the develop M of industrial factories that produce textiles and Munitions and so the result of the ma restoration and their further projects of industrialization ultimately led to Japan becoming a major industrial power in Asia and as such they gained enough power to deal with Europeans and Americans on equal terms which was not the case anywhere else in the region Okay click here to keep reviewing other topics in unit 5 and click here to grab my video note guides which are going to help you follow along with my videos and get all the content of this course firmly crammed into your brain folds I'm glad we got to spend a few minutes together and I'll catch you on the flip-flop I'm L out