How Did Imperialism Affect American Colonialism

It can be seen that the ideal imperialism government to both the Europeans and the United States are quite similar, but there are many more difference than similarities. United States imperialism differs from European imperialism in approximately every way. Although the difference may out weight the similarities, in the end it all comes back to the basic concept that both the European and United State exhibits.

In my point of view, the colonial period shifted the balance previously present throughout the world, in which imperialism had less relevance in everyday lives. Before the colonial period, the natives living in the Americas and the Caribbeans, mainly had internal fighting or conflicts between rival tribes. While in Europe, the most tension occurred between major empires competing for trade, land, recourses, and wealth. However, once the Europeans began colonizing America, both of the worlds collided in a massive fight for sovereignty and wealth. This can be seen in each country's colonization of America. In the French colonization, the colonist traded advanced weaponry to the Huron tribe for fur and strong alliances. Consequently, the natives

Many people have their ideas and opinions on the topic of imperialism of the different continents like Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Imperialism had different effects that came from the and different reasons for which it was done. There have been poems, essays, and short stories about the good and bad of imperialism. Those who read some of these works interpret them in different ways that can change the message the author originally had planned. Imperialism shed light upon that not everything is how it seems.

In the 1890s some Americans were eager to expand. Post-Civil War the U.S. was going through a time where they thought that they were lagging behind other nations in terms of expansionism. America felt that they were lacking what they needed in order to become a powerhouse. Many Americans, like Theodore Roosevelt or Alfred Thayer Mahan, were imperialists who wanted to acquire land/territories for the U.S. The United States sought to find their identity as a nation in the world. American Identity to imperialists can be defined as patriotism, military power, and dominance/hegemony.  This was controversial because some Americans were anti-imperialists who did not believe in expansionism, but in defending the Constitution. This brought about both supporters and opponents of imperialism during the Spanish-American War.

Imperialism makes the United States of America the ideal nation to be a part of and live in. Imperialism would help the United States dominate the countries in Europe, Asia, and South America which would prevent any one to ever attack against or threaten America because they would all be under our control. The US saw that Europe was imperialism and thought that they were becoming successful. America also needed access to get materials from the global trade. Also as the United States were struggling during the depression and needed to get more raw materials like rubber and oil they were forced to look across seas to find it. And one way to gain those materials would be to take over those countries to gain access to the materials. With access

Imperialism was a negative event that happened to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The country was first impressed by the Belgian king, King Leopold II. He ruled the land not as a colony but as his own. He treated the Congolese as slaves to gather him resources to help make him more wealthy. Imperialism was the worst thing that happened to the Democratic Republic of Congo, King Leopold II enslaved the people, and stripped the land of resources, punished them which ultimately lead to the Belgian government stripping him of Power

Imperialism is a recurring theme in the history of the world. Stronger countries see themselves as superior to other societies and believe their ways are right. They force religion, government, and practices on countless foreign lands. At the very end of the nineteenth

The ideals of Imperialism within the United States caused many benefits to our economy and overall prosperity. The ideals of American imperialism came first from the idea of manifest destiny: coined by John O'Sullivan, manifest destiny was the idea that it was the Americans god given right to seize all lands in the American continent. From this fact alone it's very clear that Imperialism in the late 1800’s took many ideas from the concepts of manifest destiny. The general motives for imperialism were economic, military, political, and ideological in nature. These imperialistic ideals affected many nations and settlements like Guam, China, Japan, and Hawaii. The first conflicts of the Spanish American war began in the spanish owned territory of Cuba. Cuba was acquired by the Spanish in the mid 1600’s when spain was going through their own hyper imperialistic phase of taking many of the islands in the Caribbean and areas in the southwest. With this information it's relevant of the fact that imperialism causes conflicts, specifically with other nations. Spain's imperialistic nature drives them to protect themselves from the U.S. during the cuban uprisings.From this information we can conclude that the rebellions in Cuba were great inspirations to yellow journalistic writers which led to our involvement in their affairs with spain that all eventually led to and caused battles in the philippines and Cuba after the Spanish American War.

Some effects of American Imperialism were in the Western Hemisphere and the pacific with Spanish war and the creation of a colonial empire. Also there were some positive effects over America imperialism like the further protection of human rights ands social institutions.

European imperialism has evidently modernized many countries across the world, such as Africa, but not without the cost of many innocent lives in the process. In 1807, the trans-Atlantic slave trade had been outlawed by Britain, and by 1833, slavery itself. With slavery coming to an end, Europe’s interests adjusted to imperialism. Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, and Spain expanded their territory considerably during this time period, gaining political and economic power in the process. While the advantages and disadvantages of European imperialism are apparent, what motivated the Europeans to take this course of action? European expansion across Africa commenced due to economic, technological, and political motives,

In analyzing the causes and effects of United States Imperialism from 1870 to 1916, one finds that there are three main factors. These major factors of United States Imperialism in this time period are: Hawaii, the Spanish-American war, and Theodore Roosevelt. In this time period Hawaiian islanders were very happy to live traditionally, but Americans were not content with the traditional ways of the Hawaiians (Buschini, n.pag.). Even though America seemed to be on the road to imperialism with Hawaii, the Spanish- American war actually set the United States on the new road of Imperialism (The Spanish American War n.pag.). Theodore Roosevelt played an important role in the United States road to imperialism in the 1870 's while serving as

After the Spanish-American war in 1898, America attained much power. The defeat of Spain led the U.S. to the broadening their horizons through international expansion. Seeing how the U.S. rivals had already established overseas empires, the U.S. wanted to emulate. They jumped into action and produced a ‘foreign policy’ giving America the right to build empires in areas such as Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. The american foreign policy of imperialism, exerting military, economic, or political control over weaker nations, was unjustified due to geographic greed for resources, unjustified subjugation, and cultural oppression through white washing.

There are many things that I believe make a huge impact on the America today that I have learned in American History. Three of them are Imperialism, WW1 and the Great Depression. America would not be even close to the same without these three major events.

During 1890-1913 America gad a lot of influences dealing with the military, economically and also cultural. The united states were really interested in trying to expand new goods in new places. People starts to have economic problems because of the war that the U.S was having on trying to gain new territories. The Spanish American war let the United States win the territories of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, and Panama Canal Zone which was held in 1903 making them gave new influences.

Many nations wanted to expand their territory and gain control of natural resources that are nonnative. As a result, Imperialism began in the late nineteenth century due to economic, political, and social forces including the Industrial Revolution, trade, and military conditions. Imperialism is the domination over an undeveloped, less industrialized country by a stronger, more industrialized nation. Although Imperialism has shaped the culture and customs all over the world, it had both negative and positive impacts throughout imperialized nations. The Perspectives on imperialism varied widely between those who imposed it and those who were affected by it.