The Meiji Restoration of Japan

In 1853, Americas command commodore Matthew Perry sailed to Japan looking for benefits for the americans. He sailed there with 4 big modernized boats and proposed to the Japaneese that they open to ports so that the Americans can supply themselves. The Japaneese werent too sure about this idea but they seemed kind of threatened since the americans came proposing with advanced ships that had cannons and very good armor. I myself think the Americans brought these ships "just incase" the Japaneese didnt accept. Then again that didn't happen and the Japaneese accepted such proposal; they called this agreement The Treaty of Kanawaga. In conclusion this meant that whenever the americans needed to supply themselves on long journeys, they would pass by japan and refill. The reason the Americans picked Japan for this treaty is because Japan is out in the ocean; Japan is like a little set of islands close to each other. These are called Archipelagos. An archipelago is a chain of islands where they are all considered a part together. The Meiji era was a very bad periodof time for the Japaneese economy. Since the country was ruled by the emperor, he made all the decisions. The Japaneese had to limit themselves to trade and economic advances because the emperor was signing alot of treatys. Then after the emperor died and the meiji era had ended Japan began to restore everythign they had lost and started to regain alot of things they gave away. They began to modernize themselves more. This was a good advantage for japan because not only were they improving themselves but also other countries started to give them a little more respect and if would be very rare of a country to try to pressure them into a treaty. When the meiji era ended the Japaneese restored Themselves.