<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_(United_States)" id="mwbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commodore (United States)">Commodore</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_C._Perry" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Matthew C. Perry">Matthew Perry</a> signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_of_Kanagawa" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Convention of Kanagawa">Convention of Kanagawa</a> with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa Shogunate</a>, opening the ports of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoda,_Shizuoka" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shimoda, Shizuoka">Shimoda</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakodate" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hakodate">Hakodate</a> to American trade.