Why did japan decide to make a deal with matthew perry as opposed to fight the us? a. japan was in debt and needed the money from the deal. c. u. s. had a small fleet in the harbor so japan took that a sign of good faith. b. u. s. had too many warships in the harbor so japan decided to make a deal instead of fighting. d. u. s. did not send any military to japan so japan thought they could control the us.

The correct answer is: the US had too many warships in the harbor so Japan decided to make a deal instead of fighting.

Commodore Matthew Perry sailed into Tokyo harbor and claimed a treaty to concede trade as the US was pursuing its goal of opening new markets. The Japanese had no way to defend themselves so they agreed.

one of the major compromises in the constitutional convention was between the small states and big states. the small states wanted each state to have the same number of representatives in congress. the big states wanted representation based on population.

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