The Meiji Restoration of Japan

Matthew Perry a U.S. navy commodore. He helped the U.S. sign a trade treaty with Japan because U.S. wanted a port so they can trade with a country, which had been cutoff with rest of the world. He was asked to leave by the Japanese people but he refused to go and demanded to show them a letter by the U.S. president of that time. He said he would use force if he were denied to do what he wanted to. The Japanese couldn't say anything because they were really impressed by the new western technology that Perry had brought with him. They were very afraid because the ships that Perry sailed on had cannons on them and the Japanese thought that Perry was going to blow up their island so they couldn't stop him.
The American ha so many thing which the Japanese saw from which they were amazed. The Americans had cannons, automatic guns, and most of all the steam power ship. The Japanese had never seen anything like that.
So therefore, the Japanese had to sign the treaty. The Treaty Of Kanagawa, which really helped the U.S. The treaty said that Japan and The U.S.A were alliances, It gave American Ships the right to purchase any necessary things that they needed, It opened two ports for American ships in Japan, and Japan committed to help any American ship around the Japanese coast.
This treaty also helped Japan a lot. Because of cultural diffusion. When ships from other countries came they brought with themselves culture, which the Japanese people started to use. The Japanese got a lot of good ideas from many other countries and used them for itself. And make Japan very strong and a very powerful country. They had adapted ideas like education, industrialization. Soon Japan had stuff like railroads, telephones, and factories. Just like many other very modern countries.
Now Japan is one of the most technically advanced countries in the world. Now days Japan makes some of the best cars in the world, is where all types of cool video games are made, and some of the best type of technology has been invented in Japan.