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The “Black Ship” Opens Japan
- Japan was a closed society until 1853, their society was like this to keep out dangerous influences and foreign ships could not enter their ports. Japanese people could not have contact with the outside world.
- In 1853, American warships entered the port of Edo. They came to trade with other nations, Japan was threatened so they signed a trade treaty with the US
- Japan signed trade treaties with Great Britain, Russia, France, and Holland.
