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Tokugawa Shogunthe Tokugawa shogunate had ruled the Japanese islands by 200 years
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Commodore PerryCommodore Perry arrives in Japan
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Townsend HarrisU.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a more detailed treaty.
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the Sat-Cho alliance forced the Shogun to promise to end relations with the west
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the Sat-Cho armies attacked the shogun palace in Kyoto
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The Meiji constitution was adopted
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian Nava Base
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Russians agreed to a humiliating peace
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President Theodore Roosevelt made a gentlemens agreement with Japan
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Japan annexed Korea outright