Convention of Kanagawa

March 31, 1854 · Yokohama

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Convention of Kanagawa
 

Treaty forced on the Tokugawa shogunate by Commodore Matthew Perry's warships. It opened two Japanese ports to American ships and ended Japan's long isolation.

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