Question

What were two direct results of US Commodore Matthew Perry’s 1853’s voyage to Tokyo Bay?

Answer 1

Answer:

Two direct results of US Commodore Matthew Perry's 1853 voyage to Tokyo Bay were the establishment of relations between the United States and Japan, and the opening of Japanese ports to foreign trade.

Explanation:

Matthew Perry (1794-1858) was an American naval officer. He broke the international isolation of Japan forcing it to open to other foreign countries and pushed the Kanagawa Treaty.

Kanagawa Treaty was signed on March 31, 1854 between Commodore Matthew Perry of the United States and the authorities of Japan, in the Japanese port of Shimoda. This treaty ended with 251 years of isolation from Japan and, at the same time, with its policy of exclusion, thus opening the Japanese ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to trade with the United States, guaranteeing the safety of US shipwrecks and establishing a permanent consul.

Kanagawa Treaty was followed by the Treaty of Amity and Commerce of 1858, which allowed the concession of foreign establishments, extra territories for them and minimum tariffs for US imports.

Similar treaties were subsequently negotiated with Russians, French and British.

Answer 2

The opening of two Japanese ports to foreign trade and the creation of a US consulate in Japan are the two direct results