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The Tokugawa shogunate had ruled the Japanese islands for two hundred years. They isolated the country from the outside world.
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An American fleet of four warships under Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Edo Bay
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U.S. consul Townsend Harris signed a treaty, that called for the opening of several new ports to U.S. trade and residence, as well as an exchange of ministers.
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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’s palace in Kyoto and proclaimed that the authority of the emperor had been restored.
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The country was divided into 45 prefectures.The Meiji constitution was adopted.
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Japan launched a surprise attack on the Russian naval base at Port Arthur,
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The Russians were defeated,agreed to peace and, gave the Liaodong Peninsula back to Japan, as well as the southern part of Sakhalin.
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President Roosevelt made agreement with Japan that stopped Japanese immigration to the United States.
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Japan annexed Korea outright.
