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During Matthew Perry's second visit to Japan, he threatened to send 100 ships to Japan to declare war if his demands weren't met. Did Perry have authorization to start a war? What was so imperative about Japan that the US would threaten war?

by /u/quiaudetvincet in /r/AskHistorians

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