Commodore Matthew Perry's expedition in 1853 to Tokyo to force trade with Japan displayed the use of "gunboat diplomacy" by the united states, since the United States was threatening (by implication) to use force if diplomacy failed.
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The correct answer is A) Both embraced Western ideas and worked to bring Russia fully into European cultural and political life.
The statement that best describes the similarities in reforms between Catherine the Great and Peter the Great is "Both embraced Western ideas and worked to bring Russia fully into European cultural and political life."
These rulers of Russia were interested in maintaining close ties and relationships with western European nations. They received the influence of other European rulers and customs from other parts of the continent.
Both Peter and Catherine considered that a good education was a good investment and although were dictators -Emperors in that time- they ruled to expand Russia's territory. However, both failed in improving the living condition of their subjects that remained poor.
I would be a bit frighnted, as these new people from a different country came into my country, to raise or expand their social, political and economic policies, I wouldnt know what they would do.. would they take over our land?
