Was Japan provoked into attacking Pearl Harbor? On December 7 ,1941 Japan attacked pearl harbor. Many americans said why did this happen. But, the truth is that Japan didn’t want to be controlled by the U.S anymore.Before the 1850s Japan believed in isolationism but, the U.S pressured Japan to open themselves to trade. The U.S also froze all japanese assets so, the japanese could make money anymore even there own property. The U.s also slowly decrease trading with Japan. Japan wanted to be a powerful country but the united states didn’t let them. Japan was tired to be controlled by the U.S. This cause of the japanese attacking pearl harbor was the U.S was decreasing japan's power, the U.S slowly decrease trade with Japan, and was controlling Japan.
The U.S was always the powerful country in the world why could japan do the same?. The U.S was in power at the time and Japan was slowly increasing their power. According to document C the timeline is stated that on july 1941 “The United states freezes all Japanese assets and bank accounts” this means that the japanese could not make any money. The japanese could also not make any supplies that they needed. The U.S froze all of …show more content…
In document A is has stated that Japan wanted to be an isolated country but the United States pressured to open itself to open trade. In document E a telegram was sent to the japanese emperor saying that the U.S wanted them to stop attacking China. However, the japanese didn’t like the way that the U.S is telling them what to do. In document F the prime minister of Japan said “The United States has not conceded a single point ; it simply make strong demands on Japan.” This means that the telegram sent to japan as a “friendly letter” was not so friendly after all. They were just demands from the United states telling Japan what to do and what not to do. This is what made Japan frustrated and would want to attack pearl harbor the next
The U.S was always the powerful country in the world why could japan do the same?. The U.S was in power at the time and Japan was slowly increasing their power. According to document C the timeline is stated that on july 1941 “The United states freezes all Japanese assets and bank accounts” this means that the japanese could not make any money. The japanese could also not make any supplies that they needed. The U.S froze all of …show more content…
In document A is has stated that Japan wanted to be an isolated country but the United States pressured to open itself to open trade. In document E a telegram was sent to the japanese emperor saying that the U.S wanted them to stop attacking China. However, the japanese didn’t like the way that the U.S is telling them what to do. In document F the prime minister of Japan said “The United States has not conceded a single point ; it simply make strong demands on Japan.” This means that the telegram sent to japan as a “friendly letter” was not so friendly after all. They were just demands from the United states telling Japan what to do and what not to do. This is what made Japan frustrated and would want to attack pearl harbor the next