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Imperial Japan

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  • 1800

    1800

    Tokugawa Shogunthe Tokugawa shogunate had ruled the Japanese islands by 200 years
  • 1853

    1853

    Commodore PerryCommodore Perry arrives in Japan
  • 1858

    1858

    Townsend HarrisU.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty.
  • 1863

    1863

    the Sat-Cho alliance forced the Shogun to promise to end relations with the west
  • 1868

    1868

    the Sat-Cho armies attacked the shogun palace in Kyoto
  • 1889

    1889

    The Meiji constitution was adopted
  • 1904

    1904

    Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Nava Base
  • 1905

    1905

    Russians agreed to a humiliating peace
  • 1907

    1907

    President Theodore Roosevelt made a gentlemens agreement with Japan
  • 1910

    1910

    Japan annexed Korea outright