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Japanese islands had been ruled for over two hundred years by the Tokugawa shogunate
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an American fleet of four warships arrived in Edo Bay under the control of Commodore Matthew Perry
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a very detailed treaty was signed by U.S. consul Townsend Harris
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the alliance of Sat-Cho made the shotgun promise to end relations with the West
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the Sat-Cho leaders armies attacked the shotgun’s palace in Kyoto and said that authority of the emperor had been restored
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the Meiji constitution was adopted and turned into the Imperial Germany
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a surprise attack was launched by the Japanese on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur and Russia had taken this from China
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Russians agreed to peace; the U.S. noticed Japan’s role in Korea for Japanese recognition in the Philippines
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President Theodore Roosevelt created a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Japan that stopped Japanese immigration to the U.S.
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Japan annexed Korea outright
