In Tokyo, Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, representing the U.S. government, signs the Treaty of Kanagawa<span> with the </span>Japanese<span> government, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate to American trade and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate in </span>Japan, maybe this is what your looking for ?
The monsoons come each season on a regular pattern.
Generally speaking the War Powers Resolution of 1973 negatively affected the power of the US president by making it so that the President could not commit troops beyond a certain point without Congressional approval.