After the fall of the shogunate, What happened to the hereditary rights of the daimyo? What happened to the mass of the rural population? What happened to the samurai? What role did the emperor play in governmental activities? Who became the permanent Prime Minister?
1) The hereditary rights of the daimyo were strengthened.
2) The mass of the rural population was transformed from indentured serfs into yeoman farmers.
3) The samurai quickly became impoverished.
4) The emperor now actually guided governmental activities, in sharp contrast to the status of his predecessors under the Tokugawa regime.
5) The last Tokugawa shogun became the permanent Prime Minister.