What asian nation avoided eauropean colonization

The revolutions in latin america in the 19th century resulted in political independence from europe the end of slavery in each country the establishment of stable democracies social and economic equality for all

Mexican independence the revolution for independence from spain was started by a pries name

Why did the meiji reformers want to modernize japan a) to colonize weaker nations in south east asia b) to allow western nations to protect them and treat negotiation c) to compete with the economics and military of western nations d) to replace additional prices with weston culture