Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853

Target entity: Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853
Context triple: [Trucial States, legalBasis, Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853]

• A. Harris Treaty of 1858
  The Harris Treaty of 1858 was a landmark U.S.–Japan agreement that opened Japanese ports to American trade, granted extraterritorial rights to U.S. citizens, and marked a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
• B. Convention of Kanagawa
  The Convention of Kanagawa was an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that ended Japan’s isolationist policy by opening select ports to American vessels and establishing diplomatic relations.
• C. Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
  The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that sought to resolve lingering issues from the American Revolutionary War and normalize trade and diplomatic relations.
• D. Burlingame Treaty
  The Burlingame Treaty was an 1868 agreement between the United States and China that expanded diplomatic relations, affirmed mutual rights of travel and residence, and marked a brief period of more open and equal Sino-American engagement.
• E. Treaty of Shimoda
  The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853
Target entity description: The Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853 was a British-brokered treaty with Gulf coastal sheikhdoms that ended maritime conflict in the region and laid the foundations for the political entity later known as the Trucial States.

• A. Harris Treaty of 1858
  The Harris Treaty of 1858 was a landmark U.S.–Japan agreement that opened Japanese ports to American trade, granted extraterritorial rights to U.S. citizens, and marked a key step in ending Japan’s isolationist policies.
• B. Convention of Kanagawa
  The Convention of Kanagawa was an 1854 treaty between Japan and the United States that ended Japan’s isolationist policy by opening select ports to American vessels and establishing diplomatic relations.
• C. Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation
  The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation was a 1794 agreement between the United States and Great Britain that sought to resolve lingering issues from the American Revolutionary War and normalize trade and diplomatic relations.
• D. Burlingame Treaty
  The Burlingame Treaty was an 1868 agreement between the United States and China that expanded diplomatic relations, affirmed mutual rights of travel and residence, and marked a brief period of more open and equal Sino-American engagement.
• E. Treaty of Shimoda
  The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.
• F. None of above. chosen