COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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close its ports to all Western traders.
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declare war on Russia to gain Korea as a buffer zone.
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open a port to trade with the United States
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try to build its own modern navy before Perry’s return.
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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: -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: -In addition to interest in the Japanese market, America needed Japanese ports to replenish coal and supplies for the commercial whaling fleet. On July 8, 1853 four black ships led by USS Powhatan and commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry, anchored at Edo (Tokyo) Bay.
Detailed explanation-4: -In response to this situation, in March 1852, President Millard Fillmore ordered Matthew C. Perry to command the U.S. Navy’s East India Squadron and to establish diplomatic relations with Japan. Perry initially delivered President Fillmore’s request for a treaty to a representative of the Japanese emperor in July 1853.
Detailed explanation-5: -The effects that the visit of Commodore Perry and the Treaty of Kanagawa had on Japan’s development was that by 1860, Japan, like China, had granted foreigners permission to trade with several treaty ports. It also extended extraterrestrial rights to many foreign nations.