COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
IMPERIALISM IN ASIA
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Admiral Matthew Perry landing in Tokyo with warships
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The Boxer Rebellion
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Queen Liliuokalani being overthrown
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The Sepoy Mutiny
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Detailed explanation-1: -The West demands trade with Japan 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: -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-3: -The Commodore arrived with orders from President Millard Fillmore to deliver a letter to the Emperor, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, seeking to commence friendly relations between the two countries. (a) President Millard Fillmore, shown in a photo from about 1850, dispatched (b) Commodore Perry to Japan.
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.