Everything about Morrison Incident totally explained
The of
1837 occurred when the
American merchant ship
Morrison headed by
Charles W. King was driven away from "
sakoku" (isolationist)
Japan by cannon fire. This was carried out in accordance with the
Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels of 1825.
In addition to its commercial aims, the ship had been attempting to repatriate seven shipwrecked Japanese citizens who had been picked up in
Macau. It also carried Christian missionaries such as
Samuel Wells Williams.
The nature of the ship's mission became known one year after the event, and this resulted in increased criticism of the Edict.
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