WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Steaming into Edo Bay on July 8, 1853, Perry brought Japan’s leaders a message demanding that castaways be given humane treatment; that whalers and other American vessels be provided ports of call with access to coal, provisions, and water; and that mutually beneficial trade relations be established.

Detailed explanation-3: -The American government wanted to extend its influence politically and economically, hoping that trade routes between America and Japan could be established. The goal was a treaty to be signed by representatives of both countries, and the U.S. government was prepared to use “gunboat diplomacy” if the need arose.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1852, Perry was assigned a mission by American President Millard Fillmore to force the opening of Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1852, President Millard Fillmore ordered Commodore Matthew C. Perry to lead an expedition to secure Japanese trade and access to Japan’s ports for American ships. Perry’s fleet, the Susquehanna, Mississippi, Plymouth, and Saratoga, carried 400 sailors and arrived in Edo Bay, today’s Tokyo Bay, on July 8, 1853.

Detailed explanation-6: -The arrival of US Commodore Matthew Perry’s squadron of four ships into Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853, is one of those great watershed moments of modern history. This event led to the rapid transformation of Japan from a weak isolated nation into one of the world’s major world powers in less than fifty years.