Black Ships Expedition

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:crew_size four ships
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired art and literature
gptkbp:date July 8, 1853
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_Perry
gptkbp:firstAppearance February 1854
to finalize treaty
modernization_efforts_in_Japan
gptkbp:fleetSize steam-powered vessels
four ships
gptkbp:followedBy Black Ships Incident
gptkbp:goal open_Japan_to_trade
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:Tokugawa_shogunate
gptkbp:historical_significance transformed_Japan's_foreign_policy
gptkbp:historicalContext Edo period
gptkbp:home_port Hakodate
Shimoda
gptkbp:homeGround U.S._Navy_officer
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black Ships Expedition
gptkbp:impact catalyzed_change_in_Japan
gptkbp:influence U.S.-Japan_relations
gptkbp:influenced Western imperialism
Japanese_military_reforms
gptkbp:involved USS Mississippi
USS Powhatan
USS Saratoga
USS Susquehanna
initially hostile
gptkbp:is_part_of U.S._foreign_policy.
gptkbp:led_to Meiji Restoration
cultural_exchange
gptkbp:legacy paved_way_for_modernization_of_Japan
gptkbp:location gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:mission to negotiate trade
gptkbp:outcome establishment of trade relations
gptkbp:public_perception Western technology
gptkbp:resultedIn Treaty of Kanagawa
increased_Western_influence_in_Japan
gptkbp:scenicViews symbol_of_U.S._expansionism
gptkbp:significance ended_Japan's_isolationist_policy
gptkbp:tactics gunboat diplomacy
show of force
gptkbp:travelTime approximately one year
gptkbp:treaty diplomatic talks
March 31, 1854
gptkbp:was_a_response_to American_commercial_interests
gptkbp:was_marked_by end of sakoku policy
gptkbp:year 1853