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1853: the Black Ships open Japan
Japan signed a trade treaty with the US out of fear of the “Black ships” -
1860: Japan: A strong and independent Nation
The now rich and powerful Japan adopt western culture to avoid being a colony for the west. -
1898: America becomes a pacific power
The US began taking over other territories such as the Philippines and Hawaii -
1929: The Great Depression
The New York stock market crashed Triggering poverty. Japan was hit especially hard forcing them to invade other territories -
1937: China in flames
In 1937, China and Japan went to war and Japanese slaughtered 300,000 Chinese, america didn't want to get involved but later war was declared between many nations -
1940: The tripartite pact
Germany, Italy and Japan pledged to support one another if any one of them was attacked by the U.S. Roosevelt then applied an embargo to Japan -
1941: War warning
Admiral Isoroku Yamamato of Japan made a plan to attack the harbor. On November 27, a message went out to American generals and admirals in Hawaii, the Philippines, and the Panama Canal Zone: "Consider this dispatch a war warning." -
December 7, 1941: Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
A warning reached Hawaii too late and resulted in the Japanese bombing the “Battle Row” at Pearl Harbor -
Martial Law
Law administered by military forces that is invoked by a government in an emergency when the civilian law enforcement agencies are unable to maintain public order and safety.
