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The Japanese
economy continued to develop as
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internal
commerce expanded and manufacturing
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spread into the
countryside.
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By the 1850s
economic growth was slowing as
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technological
limitations hindered agricultural growth and
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population
increase.
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Rural riots
reflected peasant distress and helped to
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weaken the
shogunate.
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