USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What happened within a year of United States Navy Commodore Matthew Perry’s arrival in Tokyo Bay in 1853? Perry negotiated a treaty that opened trade to the United States. Hawaii was annexed in what year, and during what event? 1898, during the Spanish-American War.

Detailed explanation-2: -Perry, on behalf of the U.S. government, forced Japan to enter into trade with the United States and demanded a treaty permitting trade and the opening of Japanese ports to U.S. merchant ships.

Detailed explanation-3: -On July 8, 1853, American Commodore Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay, seeking to re-establish for the first time in over 200 years regular trade and discourse between Japan and the western world.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sent by President Millard Fillmore, Commodore Matthew C. Perry went on an expedition to Japan in 1853 to persuade, even pressure, Japan to end its policy of isolation and become open to trade and diplomacy with the United States. Japan signed a treaty with the U.S. in 1854, agreeing to trade and an American consulate.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perry strategically chose to enter Japanese waters with an armada of large black steamships to impress the Japanese with the spectacle of American formidability. Mustered at his insistence, this was the largest naval force the United States had ever sent overseas so far.