What was the name of the guy, Commodore Perryman, in 1798 who was sent by the U.S. to Japan?

Question

What was his name...I can't remember exactly.

Answer 1

Commodore Perry arrivd in, what was then Edo, Tokyo Bay on July 8, 1853 with four ships. The intention of Filmore sendign these ships was to indeed open Japan up to foreign trade. It worked and in March 1854 they sign a treaty which opened up Japan to the US and gave them faovrite nation statue.

The reasons why this is so important is because this created a sense of urgency in the Shogunal goverment, called the Bakufu or tent goverment. The Shogun ask the daimyo what he shoudl do in response to this Western pressure which in essence labeled him a weakling.

Teh DaImyo of Satsuma and Choshu took advatanged of this and led a force that helped to push for disolvment of the Shogun and a reestablishing of teh Emperor as the "head" of Japan.

This basically leads to the Meiji period and the "Westernization
" of Japan.


I hope this helps!!!

Answer 2

Matthew Calbraith Perry, AKA Commodore Perry

Answer 3

Commodore Perry was sent to Japan by President Millard Filmore in 1853, to open a trade routr.

Answer 4

~Fred, but his friends called him Swish. He was a gay blade.