17. reading passage:

i have directed commodore perry to assure your imperial majesty that i entertain the kindest feelings towards your majesty’s person and government, and that i have no other object in sending him to japan but to propose to your imperial majesty that the united states and japan should live in friendship and have commercial intercourse with each other.

the constitution and laws of the united states forbid all interference with the religious or political concerns of other nations. i have particularly charged commodore perry to abstain from every act which could possibly disturb the tranquility of your imperial majesty’s dominions.
we know that the ancient laws of your imperial majesty’s government do not allow of foreign trade, except with the chinese and the dutch; but as the state of the world changes and new governments are formed, it seems to be wise, from time to time, to make new laws. there was a time when the ancient laws of your imperial majesty’s government were first made.
about the same time america, which is sometimes called the new world, was first discovered and settled by the europeans. for a long time there were but a few people, and they were poor. they have now become quite numerous; their commerce is very extensive; and they think that if your imperial majesty were so far to change the ancient laws as to allow a free trade between the two countries it would be extremely beneficial to both. if your imperial majesty is not satisfied that it would be safe altogether to abrogate the ancient laws which forbid foreign trade, they might be suspended for five or ten years, so as to try the experiment.

if it does not prove as beneficial as was hoped, the ancient laws can be restored. the united states often limit their treaties with foreign states to a few years, and then renew them or not, as they .

quote from letters from u. s. president millard fillmore and u. s. navy commodore matthew c. perry to the emperor of japan (1852 -1853)

question: how would you describe the tone of president fillmore’s letter? how does this letter foreshadow the treaty of kanagawa? cite two pieces of evidence from the reading to support your answer.