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Unequal Treaties
United States and Japan sign Treaty of Kanagawa. Japan must open five ports to American trade. Americans can live in port cities, but did not have to obey Japanese laws. Pai very smal tax on imported items, "flooded" Japan with cheap products. -
Commodore Perry
Commodore Perry arrives in Japan and forces Japan to open its ports to Americans ships to resupply. Unired States also demmanded Japan to begin trading. (Gunboat Diplomacy) -
Meiji Restoration
Emperor Meiji restored as supreme ruler of Japan. Japan begins modernization--new army, sent people to study in forgein countries, developed technology (trains,ships, telegraph -
Meiji Constitution
Emperor restored to most powerful. State Shinto religeon. New land laws. -
Japan vs China
Japan goes to war with China so that they could concor some land. -
Fight over land
Japan fights Russia for a wealthy land in China. -
World War I
Europe was in war at this time and it had allies ( other countries) to support them. -
Japan Gain
Japan gains alot of money because Japans factories were open at that time. They also go get secret deals with Britain. -
Japan Joins
Japan joins the League of Nations in the 1920s and serfe as a permanent member of the Council. -
America goes to war with Germany
America goes to war with Germany and the other Axis nations that were with Germany -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planed an attack on Pearl Harbor, America's Naval Base. -
Doolittle
America planed this attack on Japan so that they could boost the morale of AMerican people to join the war. -
Bataan Death March
Americans were forced to march a long way and if they stoped marching they would be executed -
Battle of the Coral Sea
Stalemate; Japan and United States both loose one aircraft carrier -
Battle of Midway
Americans intercept Japanese Coded message
Americans ambush Japanese Navy; Americans defeat “cream” of Japanese Navy
Turning point in war in Pacific -
Battle of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Thousands of lives lost on both sides; indicator of number of American /Japanese lives that would be lost in the war -
Hiroshima
United States drops bomb on Hiroshima
