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United States and Japan sign Treat of Kanagawa. Japn must open five port citeis, but id not have to pbey Japanese laws. Paid very small tax on improted item; "flooded Japan with cheap products."
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Commodore Perry arrives in Japan and forces Japan to open its ports to American ships to resupply. United States also damanded Japan to ebgin trading (Gunboat Diplomacy)
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Emperor Meiji restored as supreme ruler of Japan. Japan begins modernization-- new army, sent people to study forgien countries, developed techonology (trains, ships, telegraph)
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Emperor Meiji restored to most poswerful. State Shinto Religoin. New land laws
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This is when the prince next in line for the throne was assassinated.
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World War One finnaly ends
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Japan is one of the starting countries that is in the League of Nations.
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Japanese forces invaded Manchuria area of China
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Pearl Harbor, Honnolulu, Hawaii, was bombed by the Japanese killing many people, and destroying almost all of the American navy ships when they were at port
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American/Phillipeno soldiers were capltured and marched 65 miles to a prison camp
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The Americans attacked Japan using B-25 bombers on Tokyo. They crash landed in China, and because of that Japan thought that China was hiding the Americans, so 250,000 Chinese were killed.
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The battle of the Coral Sea
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The battle of Midway took place
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US B-27 bomber, Enola Gay, drops Atomic Bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima at 8:15am
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Americans drop a bomb on Nagasaki since Japan refuses to surrender because of the first one.
