COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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colonization of Japan by the United States
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transfer of spheres of influence to China
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introduction of Christianity to Japanese society
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opening of trade and diplomatic relations with Japan
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The expedition was commanded by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, under orders from President Millard Fillmore. Perry’s primary goal was to force an end to Japan’s 220-year-old policy of isolation and to open Japanese ports to American trade, through the use of gunboat diplomacy if necessary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Perry’s success demonstrated the inability of the Shogun, Japan’s hereditary military dictator, to enforce his country’s traditional isolationist policy; the Japanese were soon forced to sign similar treaties with other Western nations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did the United States want to open Japan? The biggest reason that the United States sent Matthew Perry to Japan was to use it as a “coaling base” or a base where steamships, which used coal, could restock their coal supply.