March 29, 1854, Tokyo, Japan
Matthew Perry sat at the negotiation table. "I'm glad we have come to a conclusion." Perry said. "I agree completely" said his Japanese counterpart. "I better leave now" Perry said "I need show this compromise to President Fillmore." As Matthew Perry walked out of the room, he overviewed their treaty.
Friendship and peace between Japan and the United States,
Opening of the two ports to American ships at Shimoda and Hakodate,
Help for any American ships shipwrecked along the Japanese coastsand protection for those persons,
Permission for American ships to gather supplies at Japanese ports,
American assistance in Japanese industrialization,
and no treaties of alliance with western powers.
At first Japan was still poor and weak. The Tokugawa Shogunate was still isolating Japan to some extent. The Shogunate used American assistance to build palaces and not factories. Nevertheless, western ideas were beggining to enter the land of the rising sun. Although these ideas were brutally suppressed, the quickly spread. These ideas quickly spread and would soon cause a revolution.
Matthew Perry sat at the negotiation table. "I'm glad we have come to a conclusion." Perry said. "I agree completely" said his Japanese counterpart. "I better leave now" Perry said "I need show this compromise to President Fillmore." As Matthew Perry walked out of the room, he overviewed their treaty.
Friendship and peace between Japan and the United States,
Opening of the two ports to American ships at Shimoda and Hakodate,
Help for any American ships shipwrecked along the Japanese coastsand protection for those persons,
Permission for American ships to gather supplies at Japanese ports,
American assistance in Japanese industrialization,
and no treaties of alliance with western powers.
At first Japan was still poor and weak. The Tokugawa Shogunate was still isolating Japan to some extent. The Shogunate used American assistance to build palaces and not factories. Nevertheless, western ideas were beggining to enter the land of the rising sun. Although these ideas were brutally suppressed, the quickly spread. These ideas quickly spread and would soon cause a revolution.