The Perry Expedition (Arrival of the Black Ships) was a diplomatic and military expedition to the Tokugawa Shogunate, involving two separate voyages by warships of the United States Navy, which took place during 1853-54. The expedition was commanded by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, under orders from President Millard Fillmore

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