Which of these events occurred first?
a. the sino-japanese war
b. the meiji restoration
c. the treaty of kanagawa
d. the tokugawa shogunate rule

The correct answer is D. The Tokugawa Shogunate rule.

Tokugawa was the last period for feudal government of Japanese military.Shogun was the head of the government and they were Tokugawa clan members.

Emperor Meiji overthrew Tokugawa shogunate where Japan became world power and it completely transformed.

Tokugawa shogunate ended when Japan ended its isolationist which was in the foreign policy which was referred to as Sakoku and Shogunate feudal ws modernized.