The most determined efforts to separate shinto from buddhism occurred during from 1868 to 1912. the allied occupation, the reign of the shoguns, the chinese occupation, the reign of the kami emperors, the reign of the emperor meiji,

The establishment of columbia as the state capital was important because a) it was located in the heart of the upcountry. b) it was located in the heart of the low-country. c) it was already established as a vital industrial center. d) it represented a compromise location central to most citizens.