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  • For centuries, Japan’s feudal dictators, called Shoguns, enforced strict laws that kept people from leaving or entering the country. This practice isolated Japan from the rest of the world. By the middle of the 19th century, Japan’s isolationism was creating problems for the United States’ whaling industry whose ships needed coal, food, and water available in Japanese ports. And sailors who were shipwrecked on the coast of Japan needed protection from mistreatment.

    In November 1852, President Millard Fillmore sent an expedition to Japan to solve these problems. Led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the expedition had both steam-powered and sail-powered warships and several hundred men. Perry’s task was to persuade the Japanese to sign a treaty with the United States that would open Japanese ports and protect shipwrecked sailors. On July 8, 1853, the Perry expedition sailed into Edo Bay about thirty miles from the city of Edo (modern Tokyo).

    During talks with the Shogun’s representatives, the idea of a treaty was repeatedly rejected. But Perry didn’t give up. Finally, in February 1854, the Japanese agreed to negotiate a treaty. The Treaty of Kanagawa established peace between the two countries, opened two ports to U.S. shipping, and protected shipwrecked sailors. It was signed on March 31, 1854.

    Perry’s expedition also opened Japan to the rest of the world. Within two years, Japan signed similar treaties with Russia, Holland, and Britain.

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  • Hairline

  • I think your hairline might have the hiccups.

    Answer to it: You might have to give it a wash in the shower.

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  • Dwarf

  • A dwarf walks into a bar.

    He asks for a shot of whiskey. The bartender gives him the 🥃, and it turns into a gallon of whiskey. The bartender sees this and takes it back, and it turns back into a shot of whiskey.

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  • Virgin

  • Son to mother: "Mom, all the kids in the school are making fun of me because I am still a virgin."

    Mother: "Well, start giving them bad grades, and they will stop."

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  • Spanish

  • Spanish is difficult. When my mom gives me food, she says "toma," and that's drink in English, so I always drink my food.

    Guy

  • A drunk guy is showing friends his new apartment.

    The last stop is the bedroom, where a big brass gong sits next to the bed.

    "What's that gong for?" the friend asks him.

    "It's not a gong," the drunk replies. "It's a talking clock."

    "How does it work?"

    The guy picks up a hammer, gives the gong an ear-shattering pound, and steps back.

    Suddenly, someone on the other side of the wall screams, "For God's sake, you asshole, it's 3:30 in the god damn morning!"

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  • Rick Astley

  • What happens when Rick Astley is getting an erection whilst singing "Never Gonna Give You Up"?

    You get PRICKrolled.

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  • Blonde

  • How does a blonde punish her blind son? She takes away his TV privileges.

    How does a blonde punish her deaf son? She takes away his telephone privileges.

    How does a blonde punish her paraplegic son? She gives him a spanking.

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  • Shark

  • [God creating sharks]

    God: Ok give them 3 rows of teeth.

    Angel: Seems excessive but ok.

    God: And make them mean as hell.

    Angel: WTF y.

    God: BECAUSSE I SAID SO.

    Angel:...

    God: And make one of the types have a hammer for a head.

    Angel: Why do I still work for you?

    God: Because I’m the only employer as of right now.

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  • Candy

  • How old are you...? I don’t give a shit, stfu and get in ma van.

    “NO NO NO”

    I’ll give you some candy.

    “Oh ok🤩”

    Is crummy bears alright??