1)
Considering the extent and strength
of Commodore Perry's navy, the then Japanese Prime Minister Tokugawa Shogunate
signed a business agreement with America on 31st March 1854 at
Kanagawa Treaty.
2)
According to this agreement,
America was allowed entry to the Shimonda and Hakodate ports for procuring
wood, coal and water. American envoy (representative)
could stay in Japan.
3)
The American sailors in distress
would be given Japanese assistance.
4)
America was allowed to do business
in Japan by the local rules and regulations.
5)
In this way, the non aligned status of Japan
came to an end and the decline of Tokugawa Shogunate began.
