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Contrast the rationale that differed between European and U.S. imperialist actions.

 

European built their Empire on mostly military conquest, setting up governments and building colonies to expand rapidly. It started with the British conquering India and then the British and Russians moving into central and southeast Asia. And by the 1880s the European states brought most of Africa and the Pacific Ocean territories into their Empires. The US however worked a bit differently. The US purchased Alaska from the Russians in 1867 and claimed protectorate over the islands in Hawaii until 1893 when a group of planters and business-people overthrew Queen Lili uokalani and invited the US to annex the island. The US had business interest in Cuba and Puerto Rico and in 1898 when the US battleship Maine exploded and sank. The US leaders claimed sabotage and declared war on Spain. The US defeated Spain and took control over Cuba and Puerto Rico. The US moved to further defeat Spain and took control of Guam and the Philippines to keep the Germans or Japanese from taking control. Most of the US territory claimed was business related to me rather than conquest just to expand and become a huge Empire. I am not sure Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Philippines would have happened like it did had the US not declared war on Spain during that time.  

 

Reference:

Bentley, J. H., Ziegler, H. F., & Salter, H.S. (2015). Traditions & encounters: A global perspective on the past. New York: McGraw-Hill.