Interesting Website About Commodore Perry

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On July 8, 1853, residents of Uraga on the outskirts of Edo, the sprawling capital of feudal Japan, beheld an astonishing sight. Four foreign warships had entered their harbor under a cloud of black smoke, not a sail visible among them. They were, startled observers quickly learned, two coal-burning steamships towing two sloops under the command of a dour and imperious American. Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry had arrived to force the long-secluded country to open its doors to the outside world.

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I never understood this. Commodore Perry showed up with only four ships that were approximately 76 yards in length. The armament on these ships weren't that great either. Now if I were Shogun, I would have kicked Perry's ass.

True, if he didn't return, the U.S. would have sent more ships. But in the interim, Japan could have fortified their country.

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I never understood this. Commodore Perry showed up with only four ships that were approximately 76 yards in length. The armament on these ships weren't that great either. Now if I were Shogun, I would have kicked Perry's ass.

True, if he didn't return, the U.S. would have sent more ships. But in the interim, Japan could have fortified their country.

yes... with their fearsome navy, modern technology, naval tactics and cannon, they would have CRUSHED the americans.