How would you explain and justify the japanese seclusion policy to president fillmore

Seclusion policy (Sakoku) or the Policy of national seclusion is a Japanese foreign policy. This policy was contacted with the Western nation and was limited to Dutch. This term came to end in the Edo period.

Perry from the U.S made his ships into the harbor at Tokyo in 1853 for re-establishment of commercial relations between Japan and Western traders. President Millard Fillmore in 1853 made an expedition of naval to Japan for the return of shipwrecked and request Americans to stranded in Japan return to the United States.

As the United States had the power to defeat Japan through firepower and the Japanese had no navy to defend themselves so they had to agree.  

the correct statement is letter a.   according to the mandate of heaven, kings were considered godlike beings, so they could do as they .

the mandate of heaven is a chinese political and religious ideology used since ancient times to justify the rule of the king or emperor of china, that has been in place since the zhou until the dynasty system ended. it has been created to justify the zhou as the main power of the region. in order to keep harmony, the ruler has to make what he wants and what people want. he had to make good choices to satisfy the people and then they will be happy and keep you in power.