After the Fall of the Shogunate, the

After the fall of the shogunate, the

A) hereditary rights of the daimyo were strengthened.
B) the mass of the rural population was transformed from indentured serfs into yeoman farmers.
C) samurai quickly became impoverished.
D) emperor now actually guided governmental activities, in sharp contrast to the status of his predecessors under the Tokugawa regime.
E) last Tokugawa shogun became the permanent Prime Minister.