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Unequal treaties
United States and Japna signed treaty of Kanagawa. Japan must open five ports to American trade. Americans can live in port cities but they did not have to obey Japanese laws. Pain very small tax on imported items; flooded Japan with cheap products. -
Commodore Perry
Commodore Perry arrives in Japan and forces Japan to open its ports to American ships to resupply. United States also demanded Japan to begin trading. (Gunboat diplomacy) -
Meiji Restoration
Emperoro Maiji restored as supreme ruler of Japan. Japan begins modernization -- new army, sent people to study abroad(foreign countries), developed technoloy ie. trains, telegraphs -
Meiji constitution
Emperor restored to the most powerful Sate Shinto religion. New land laws -
Sino-Japanese War
In 1894 Japan had gone into war with China. They had gone into war because Japan wanted to increase it's power in the race for colonies. They wanted to have more land and power. In the end, Japan had taken Taiwan as part of it's colony. China had to pay cash and give Japan the Liaotung Perninsula; the southern tip of Manchuria.This land was very rich and was wanted by both Russians and Japanese. -
Russo Japanese War
The Japanese had defeated the Russians in the Russo-Japanese War, and they were the first and only ones to defeat a European country at that time. The whole of Asia was celebrating about this matter. This war broke out because they wanted they both wanted the precious land that lay in China. Although they won, there were some problems that they faced; lack of respect, lack of raw materials, lack of food and lack of land. -
World War One
During this war, Japan had sided with the allies; United kingdom, France, Italy, United States and Russia, and they were in war with Germany. The Japanese activity during this time was inportant in three ways: The occupation of German possesions (They were able to seize German colonies -
Open door policy
The USA and Japan were both in need for the same natural resources from Japan, they were competing against each other. USA created the "Open door policy" so that China was free from control of the Japanese -
Japan and USA trade
As Japan was depending on USA for most of it's metal, copper and oil, Franklin Delano Roosevelt began to worry about it. In the summer of that same year, Japan sent troops into China and conquered some parts of the coast. -
German lighting invasion
Germany had started invading other countries, and Japan saw this as a chance to invade all the german colonies in Asia. -
Panama Canal
In 1941, the USA closed the Panama Canal to the Japanese shipping. -
Batan Death March
The Japanese had attacked in the Phillipines and USA was upset about it. The Japanese had captured the US prisoners in Phillipines and they started on a 65 mile march. Anyone who stopped were execited by the japanese. -
Doolittle raid
The US had sent a warning right after pearl harbour to show the Japanese that they will be attacking soon, so they should prepare. Although this was supposed to be a surprise attack, the Japanese had got the signal that there were USA airplanes coming to attack and they sent out a signal to the country. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Stalemate; Japan and USA both lose one aircraft carrier. It was a draw. -
Battle of Midway
• Americans intercept coded message
• Americans ambush Japanese Navy; Americans defeat “cream” of Japanese Navy (their very best pilots)
• Turning point in war in Pacific -
Battle of Guadalcala (Solomon islands)
• Thousands of lives lost on both sides, indicator of number of American/Japanese lives that would be lost in the war -
Atomic bomb
United States drops artomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
