American Imperialism Project

Hawaii

Hawaii became a protectorate of the U.S. This happened through treaties. These treaties led to the buildup of american business people operating in Hawaii. From this time on the Hawaiian legislature was pretty much dominated by the foreign influence. In 1887 the Hawaiian natrues in the Hawaiian government passed a new constitution, stripping the monarchy of its power. They used military force to make the king sign it.

Queen Hili uoklan:

After her brothers death, in response to her people, she started to work on a new constitution for hawaii, which would reinstate the veto power of the monarchy.

* It would also give voting rights back to the disfranchisement, poor native Hawaiians.

* These business people wanted Hawaiian next to the U.S.

* This would get rid of the taxes on goods from Hawaii.

* Hawaii had enjoyed an tariff free favored treaty status through a treaty signed in 1875.

* The president of the United States,Grover Cleveland and his administration researched and found that the over throwing of queen Hili Uokalani was illegal.

*Hawaii became a protectorate of the United States in 1897 under president Mckinley and was made an American territory.

The Second Significant advance was the American Spanish war in which the U.S. defeated another rival for influence in the Americas- Spain.

As a result of this war the U.S. took from Spain significant colonial possessions the most significant being Philippines. In acquiring the Philippines from Spain the U.S. had its first Asia -Pacific colony. This made the U.S. a stake holder in Asia - Pacific regions and therefore a major power in the pacific. The U.S. would view any events Asia - Pacific with concern to own colonial possessions especially with the rise of Japanese colonialism.

Third would have been the U.S. involvement in the first world war that put the U.S. on the world stage and a major player in the world events. Woodrow Wilson's 14 points program gave the U.S. its first voice in european affairs.

Fourth would have been the U.S. concern with the rise of japan and the dominance of Germany in Europe. The Japanese invasion of Mah china and later China marked the start of the japanese hegemony in the Asia -pacific region.

The U.S. could and that was all that mattered. the game of the global domination. Those who are able.... do..... those who cannot: fall to those who can.

***The two primary factors that permit the U.S. to dominate were:

*Geography

*And the Availability of natural resources.

Around the turn of the 20nth century, the United States entered a period of non-colonial imperial expansion throughout Latin America . Many nations in Latin America seemed to be in constant political turmoil and poverty. The U.S. Attempted to protect American interests and stabilize the region through non-colonial imperial expansion. This meant that the United States would intervene in foreign affairs without actually taking control of any countries.

Why The United States Became An Imperialist power

A variety of factors coincided during this period to bring about an accelerated place of U.S. explosion.

-Wars such as the Spanish-American war that led to liberation and acquisition of former colonies of foreign states.

-The industry and agriculture of the us had grown beyond its need for consumption.

All Summed up

American Imperialism Project

By: Justin Gambrah

US history II

Why did the U.S. become an imperialist power?

The "Big Question"

"Why did the United States become an imperialist power, and what are the consequences?"

The president along with many others from his era treated Latin Americans as inferior peoples, openly invoking the principle of police power implied that Latin Americans were savages, incapable of governing themselves.

- To many Latin Americans from there Panama Canal represented nothing more than a naked american imperial and land grab.

-Theodore Roosevelts Successors sought to extend american domination over Central America and parts of the world.

-

President William Howard taft, elected in 1908 pursued a Latin american policy based on economics

Many Americans policy makers believed that they would control outer lying regions of the globe through economic means.

American economic affairs domination meant that the U.S could indirectly control affairs of the other nations without resulting to colonial administration or military action.

Hawaii's Constitution

-powerful business and political figures believed that foreign markets were essential to further economic growth, promoting a more aggressive foreign policy.

-As the western United states was gradually becoming less of a frontier and more of a part of America many believed that overseas expansion was vital to maintaining the American spirit.

Continuation

-In the period between the mid-1800s until the beginning of the twentieth century the United states gained a number of over seas islands and territories.

The Second Factor

Initial steps of the U.S. becoming an imperialist power started when with president Monroe, who declared that the Northern America was off limits to other foreign lovers and that Northern America and there surroundings territories were the sphere of influence of the United States alone.

President Monroe

The Third Factor