The Mejii Restoration Of Japan

The Meiji Restoration was a point in place when Japan started a trade with the united states. The Japanese had no reason to trade with the U.S but a man names Mathew Perry convinced them otherwise. The negotiations between Mathew Perry and japan was not so negotiable. When Mathew brougt his ship and anchored it about 26 miles from Tokyo, the japanese were impressed by the way that the ship's movement without any sails. At first, Perry was not there to impress them, he wanted to intimadate them with the U.S techonoligical advances. The impressive naval force that Perry bought was far more superior than the Japanese warships. This left Japan with options, one was either to fight them or negotiate with them. Seeing the ships, they knew they didnt have a chance to win, so they went with the other choice.

On March 31,1854 a treaty was signed between the United States and Japan that effectively opened two ports to the United States and acted as a catalyst towards Japanese subordanation. Over the next few years the major European players would follow suit and establish their own treaties with Japan.