<span>The arrival of Perry was both a blessing and a curse. Japan had been isolationist for a lengthy period of time and marooned sailors who washed up on the shores of Japan were often mistreated and seen as 'invaders'. Russia and the United States were in a competition for trade in the Pacific and Perry's arrival meant that the United States was seeking better treatment of marooned mariners and use of port facilities. This caused Japan to become more engaged and engaging in international commerce, gave the United States a foothold in a new trade relationship and caused Japan to find the need to modernize, economically, politically and culturally.</span>
There is no quote i could find by Thomas Hobbes that starts out like that but this one is similar " Government is necessary, not because man i naturally bad ... but because man is by nature is more individualistic than social."
First off, the protestant reformation’s main cause was Martin Luther, nailing the “95 Theses” on a church door in 1517. overall, it was basically a call to purify the church and a belief that the Bible, not tradition, should be the sole source of spiritual authority
