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3. As expressed in the following letter from President Fillmore to the Japanese Emperor, delivered by Perry to the worried Tokugawa officials who greeted him, the United States was eager to break JapanÕs Òseclusion policy,Ó sign diplomatic and commercial treaties, and thus ÒopenÓ the nation to the Western world. For the Japanese, who had carefully regulated overseas contacts since the seventeenth century and whose technology could not compare to that displayed by the American squadron, PerryÕs arrival and President FillmoreÕs letter were unwelcome and ominous, ,.G3.14&2*3,&-;6.,-'8&;'H.142&4*&'66*-(4&'&9*(D.(-.(4&6*,4@&-(&45.&1*345.,(&6',4&*A&45.&.;6-,.@&=5.,.&*3,&D.11.81&;'2&14*6&A��*,&45-1&63,6*1.&N.&',.&D.,2&).1-,*31&*A&45-1&%5.1.&',.&45.&*(82&*7H.941&A*,&=5-95&0&5'D.&1.(4&:*;;*)*,.&?.,,2@&=-45&'&6*=.,A38&1G3'),*(@&4*&6'2&'&D-1-4&4*&2*3,&-;6.,-'8&;'H.1421&,.(*=(.)&9-42&*A&#)*/&A,-.()15-6@&9*;;.,9.@&'&136682&*A&9*'8&'()&6,*D-1-*(1�@&'()&6,*4.94-*(&A*,&*3,&15-6=,.9C.)&6.*68.&N.&5'D.&)-,.94.)&:*;;*)*,.&?.,,2&4*&7.B&2*3,&-;6.,-'8&;'H.142I1&'99.64'(9.&*A&'&A.=&�6,.1.(41&%5.2&',.&*A&(*&B,.'4&D'83.&-(&45.;1.8D.1P&734&1*;.&*A&45.;&;'2&1.,D.&'1&16.9-;.(1&*A&45.&',4-98.1&;'(3A'943,.)&-(&45.&E(-4.)&F4'4.1@&'()&45.2&',.&-(4.().)&'1&4*C.(1&*A&*3,&1-(9.,.&�'()&,.16.94A38&A,-.()15-6&(()(&0(&=-4(.11&=5.,.*A@&0&5'D.&9'31.)&45.&B,.'4&1.'8&*A&45.&E(-4.)&F4'4.1&4*&7.&5.,.3(4*&'AA-L.)@&'()&5'D.&13719,-7.)&45.&1';.&=-45&;2&(';.@&'4&45.&9-42&*A&N'15-(B4*(@&-(&$;.,-9'@&45.&1.'4&*A&;2&B*D.,(;.(4@&*(&45.&45-,4..(45&)'2&*A&45.&;*(45&*A&Q*D.;7.,@&-(&45.&2.',&*(.&45*31'()&.-B54&53(),.)&'()&A-A42T&#x'2&4;.&$;-B;Ղ&;'D.;&#x&2*3;&#x,&-;;.,-;&#x'8&;;&#x'H.1;B&-;&#x&R-1;&#x&B,.;&#x'4&';&#x&5*8;&C.;&#x.6-B;&#xS Tj;&#x ET ;&#xQ q ;�.20;�� 0 ;� 0.;â� ;҃.;é&#x 530;&#x.2 c;&#xm BT;&#x 55 ;� 0 ;U 0;&#x 0 T;&#xm /F;.1 ; Tf;&#x 000;4=*&&"#$%&!%''%()$*+!M*3,&B**)&A,-.()@&)&+-88;*,.&&U2&45.&?,.1-).(4/&#)=',)&#D.,.44@&F.9,.4',2&*A&F4'4.&&Questions: 1. How would you describe the tone of President FillmoreÕs letter? 2. Why does the president mention that he has dispatched Perry Òwith a powerful squadronÓ? 3. If you were the emperor of Japan, how wou 45'4&*3,&9*;;.,9.&=-45&'88&45-1&,.B-*(&*A&45.&B8*7.&-1&,'6-)82&-(9,.'1-(B@&'()&45.&J'6'(&1.'1&=-88&�1**(&7.&9*D.,.)&=-45&*3,&D.11.81&%5.,.A*,.@&'1&45.&E(-4.)&F4'4.1&'()&J'6'(&',.&7.9*;-(B&.D.,2&)'2&(.',.,&'()&(.',.,&4*&.'95&*45.,@&45.&?,.1-).(4&).1-,.1&4*&8-D.&-(&6.'9.&'()&A,-.()15-6&=-45&2*3,&-;6.,-'8&;'H.142@&734&(*&A,-.()15-6&9'(&8*(B&.L-14@&3(8.11&J'6'(&9.'1.1&4*&'94&4*=',)1&$;.,-9'(1&'1&-A&45.2&=.,.&5.,&�.(.;-.1&R*=.D.,&=-1.&45-1&6*8-92&;'2&*,-B-('882&5'D.&7..(@&-4&-1&3(=-1.&'()&-;6,'94-9'78.&(*=&45'4&45.&-(4.,9*3,1.&7.4=..(&45.&4=*&9*3(4,-.1&-1&1*&;395&;*,.&.'12&'()&,'6-)&45'(&-4&A*,;.,82&�='1&%5.&3().,1-B(.)&5*8)1&*34&'88&45.1.&',B3;.(41&-(&45.&5*6.&45'4&45.&J'6'(.1.&B*D.,(;.(4&=-88&1..&45.&(.9.11-42&*A&'D.,4-(B&3(A,-.()82&9*88-1-*(&7.4=..(&45.&4=*&('4-*(1@&72&,.16*()-(B&A'D*3,'782&4*&45.&6,*6*1-4-*(1&*A&';-42@&=5-95&',.&(*=&;').&-(&'88&1�-(9.,-42&(*A&45.&8',B.&15-61