What year did Commodore Perry make contact with Japan?
1850
1853
1860
1863
Answer
In 1853 Commodore Matthew Perry led a small fleet of American warships into the harbor of Edo (now Tokyo) to demand that Japan open its ports to trade with the United States. Perry’s mission was a success, and in 1854 Japan signed the Treaty of Kanagawa, which opened two ports to American trade and allowed the United States to establish a consulate in Japan.
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