American Imperialism In The 1700s

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Imperialism began around the 1700’s beginning with Europeans. With maximum political power as the goal. Expanding and influencing in as many different countries as possible will benefit transportation, relationships, and anything else that can add to the importance of a changing industrialized super power. In order to gain control over large terroritories, they would use military strength and politics to gain approval. Social Darwinism played a role in swaying public opinion as everyone saw themselves as superior and leaders would feed off of this to expand. The U.S. for the most part mirrored European Imperialism as they sought power over people and their land to serve their economic gain while claiming to help civilizations.

In 1890,