Perry's Black Ships

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:caseOutcome successful_opening_of_Japan
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:culturalImpact influence_on_Japanese_modernization
gptkbp:date July 8, 1853
March 31, 1854
gptkbp:diplomaticRelations establishment of diplomatic relations
gptkbp:events naval expedition
gptkbp:foughtAgainst transformation_of_Japanese_society
gptkbp:grapeVarieties symbol_of_American_expansionism
gptkbp:greenFees four ships
lead negotiator
use of gifts and diplomacy
gptkbp:hasImpactOn establishment of trade routes
shift_in_international_relations_in_Asia
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn inspired_future_U.S._foreign_policy
gptkbp:hasRole key_figure_in_U.S.-Japan_relations
gptkbp:historicalContext Edo period
mid-19th century global politics
gptkbp:historicalPeriod interpretations_of_Perry's_actions
gptkbp:historicalSignificance beginning_of_the_Meiji_Restoration
catalyst_for_change_in_Japan
gptkbp:history significant_in_U.S.-Asian_relations.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Perry's Black Ships
gptkbp:impact end_of_Japan's_isolationist_policy
gptkbp:implements secure coaling stations
gptkbp:internationalStudents Shogunate_officials
gptkbp:involved gptkb:U.S._Navy
gptkb:Japanese_government
steam-powered ships
gptkbp:isFocusedOn mixed_perceptions_of_Western_influence
gptkbp:languageSpoken initial resistance
eventual acceptance of terms
gptkbp:location gptkb:Tokyo_Bay
gptkbp:mainEvent two visits to Japan
gptkbp:name to_open_trade_with_Japan
gptkbp:operationalArea combination of force and negotiation
gptkbp:outcome Treaty of Kanagawa
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Commodore_Matthew_Perry
gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:scholarships USS Mississippi
USS Powhatan
USS Saratoga
USS Susquehanna
USS Plymouth
gptkbp:significance opening_of_Japan_to_the_West
gptkbp:style assertive and strategic
gptkbp:technique gunboat diplomacy
gptkbp:thematicElement introduction_of_Western_ideas_to_Japan
gptkbp:transferFee demonstration of military power
gptkbp:year 1853
1854