1853, the of the black ships commanded by Commodore Matthew Perry arrival in Japan
1854, signing of the U.S. Japan treaty of peace and amity
1905,President Roosevelt helped to end the Russo-Japanese War and persuaded Japan to drop its demand for war reparations.
Months after, the United States recognized the Japanese control of Korea in return for Japan’s pledge not to get involved in the Philippines.
A decade later, many nations found themselves involved in the First World War.
April of 1917, United States entered the conflict
1919, Japan went to the peace conference at Versailles
1920s to 1930s, the fragile world established in the aftermath of WWI suffered a series of devastating economic, political, and military blows. early 1931, in reaction to Japan’s invasion of Manchuria four months prior would refuse to recognize any territorial acquisitions that violate American treaty rights.
1928, Japan’s seizure had violated the Kellog-Briand Treaty
1922, the nine-power Open Door Policy Pact
1937, Japan went on to seize Peking, Tietnsin, Shanghai, and Nanking.
December of 1937, Japanese aircraft bombed and sank the U.S. gunboat Panay on the Yangtze River as it was rescuing war-stranded Americans near Nanking.
1938, Japan put the United States on notice that it no longer recognized the Open Door policy.
1940, the relations between USA and Japan were continually deteriorating
July 1941, the Japanese occupied the remainder of Indochina; the United States, in response, froze Japanese assets.
December 1, Japan rejected the proposal
December 6, Franklin Roosevelt personally appealed for peace directly to the Japanese emperor
February 1942, nearly 120,000 Japanese-Americans were removed from their homes and interned behind barbed wire in ten temporary camps, later to be moved to “relocation centers” outside isolated southwestern