Why did Commodore Matthew Perry enter the Tokyo harbor with military ships?

Perry arrived in Japanese waters with a small squadron of U.S. Navy ships, because he and others believed the only way to convince the Japanese to accept western trade was to display a willingness to use its advanced firepower.

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