Compare And Contrast The American Motivations And Rationale For European Conquest

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What were European motivations and rationale for conquest. How was conquest accomplished? Prior to trying to conquer Japan, Europe had already imperialized many parts of the world but failed to imperialize Japan. However, there were able to make an impact on to Japan’s central government. Back in 1850s-1860s, the Europeans were barely in Japan’s affairs but instead, the United States made a presence there. In the 1850s, the Americans forced Japan to sign and agree with the unequal treaties and that eventually lead to the decline of the Tokugawa government. This also lead to the opening of Japan’s trading ports, creating outstanding debt, and lead to the decline of financial stability. The Europeans slowly went into Japan’s society but trade

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