Have you ever wondered how the United States became one of the most recognized country today? In the past, foreign nations viewed America as a country with no influence or importance. However, from the 1867 to 1919, America began to build its reputation as a global power. Although United States had little recognition with other countries as a global power, it began to develop a reputation as one after the historical events in Hawaii, Panama Canal, and also the Phillippines. After taking control of Alaska, the United States also wanted to annex Hawaii and take the territory as theirs. However, the ruler of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, resisted the annexation as she wanted Hawaii to be ruled by natives. This resulted the American minister to send fifty marines ashore to Hawaii in 1893. Queen Liliuokalani was forced to sign annexation rights and let her land be ruled over by America. It wasn’t until July 7, 1898, William McKinley signed the annexation treaty. Annexing Hawaii benefitted America …show more content…
However, countries such as France, failed to do so because of diseases and lack of funds. The United States tried to negotiate a treaty with Columbia to gain the canal area, but they rejected the treaty. This rejection was uplifted after the United States helped Panama gain its independence from Columbia. Theodore Roosevelt immediately took upon action in 1914 and finished the Panama Canal. This canal was a major benefit to America. Gaining control of both oceans helped America’s navy become more powerful. Instead of traveling around South America to cross to the Pacific or the Atlantic Ocean, it allowed ships to easily travel from these two oceans. Since there was no air power, the sea was the only destination where a country could fight their enemy. Now America can transport and use their navy efficiently, making the United States very powerful and prestigious
The United States believed that by using economic expansion method they could expand and explore their economy; their economy was dependent on foreign trade due of increasing agriculture and manufacturing exports. America paid money to Panama to get control of the Panama Canal. It begun in 1904 and completed in 1914. They did this because they needed strong power over the world to protect its trading interests and it also empowered America to expand its economy and military influence. US believed that control over sea was the answer to the world preemi...
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In 1893, Queen Lili’uokalani of Hawaii gave up her throne to the United States of America. About five years after in 1898, Hawaii was officially annexed and became a part of the U.S.A. During this time, the Hawaiian people were bitter and mournful as they watched the foreigners slowly take over their kingdom. Many foreigners came to Hawaii to achieve one goal, to increase the power of foreigners and decrease the power of Native Hawaiians. The kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown with the use of force and was unethically taken. Although Hawaii received benefits that were mainly in their economy, it still does not make up for the wrongful taking of the Hawaiian kingdom.
Eventually, the expansion to this area became imperialistic. Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, offered one of the most attractive natural bases in the Pacific. Soon other Americans followed to become sugar planters and to establish profitable businesses. Americans were busy building huge plantations, warehouses, railroads, dry-docks, banks, hotels, and stores. They soon dominated the island's economy, and they were able to influence its government as well. Americans created and controlled Hawaii's legislature and cabinet, and they limited the power of the native king. As the century began to come to a close, disputes arose between the Kanaka and those of foreign descent. "Hawaii for Hawaiians" became the slogan of people who sought to restore the traditional ways of the kingdom. Others called for the annexation of Hawaii by the United States. Annexation would eliminate the recent trade restrictions on sugar and revive the island's faltering economy. The imperialistic was taking over the islands.
With the sinking of the USS Maine of the coast of Cuba, the United States people got infuriated with the fact that 260 Americans died and the only culprit at the time was a Spanish ship. The press with its yellow journalism spread the news throughout the states, enraging many Americans with their yellow journalism. The New York Journal at the time went as far as saying that “ ” () President McKinley and the members in Congress at the time were forced to declare war on Spain, fearing the negative effects it would have if they let the matter go. With the declaration of war the United States recruited so many men for the army and navy they didn’t know what to do with them, but inevitably our numbers made us prepared for anything Spain had to through at us. Although most of the battles were fought by the navy like Alfred Thayer said “In order to be a great power like Great Britain the U.S. need to control the seas and dominate international commerce.” (Mahan, A. T.) With a greater naval force then Spain the U.S. was able over whelm them and win almost all the battles they fought in. Alfred also said with in his book “The influence of sea power upon history” that the islands that the United States acquired through the means of imperialism also serve as refueling station for our ships during war or transport. Hawaii especially because of its central location in the
...se having more land naturally meant having more space for the immigrants and new opportunities. When business expanded, it meant having more wealth for the business owner. After the annexation of Hawaii, the natural resources were enjoyed by both America and Hawaii. Despite the fact that Hawaii was annexed during the war with Spain as a strategic move, America took great care in the expansion of the island (Thurston 1897).
...ature consisted of a council of chiefs and an elected house of representatives. In 1842, the Hawaiian islands were seen as an independent government. Sugar production was Hawaii’s largest buissiness. Tons of sugar was grown in Hawaii. Many of the Hawaiians worked on the sugar farms. Sugar was sold to the United States and large amounts of money flowed into Hawaii. Hawaii’s economy grew and banks were built. Annexation America’s main goal was to overthrow monarchy and Annex Hawaii as the 50th state. In 1887, the Americans forced king Kalakaua to sign a new constitutions that lessened the king’s powers and limited the rights of native Hawaiians to hold office. After Kalakaua’s death, Queen Liliuokalani ruled Hawaii. She was stubborn and wanted Hawaiian independence. But the Americans took over the government and ended monarchy and set up their own government. They put up the American flag where the Hawaiian flag originally flew. So, in other words, Hawaii was stolen from its original owners. Defenseless, Hawaii couldn’t do anything about United States’ control. Hawaii was then Annexed to the United states in 1898.
After the civil war, United States took a turn that led them to solidify as the world power. From the late 1800s, as the US began to collect power through Cuba, Hawaii, and the Philippines, debate arose among historians about American imperialism and its behavior. Historians such as William A. Williams, Arthur Schlesinger, and Stephen Kinzer provides their own vision and how America ought to be through ideas centered around economics, power, and racial superiority.
Sworn to protect Colombia, the United States held them in battle, and forced them to recognize a new country whose land and people were once theirs. This battle, known as Panama’s Revolution, which started on November 3rd of 1903, was due to America’s greed and hunger for land. This land would be used to build not only a canal for the world, but to build an American empire. The United States desperately needed a canal by 1898, during the Spanish-American war, and would stop at nothing to get it. President Theodore Roosevelt, who came into office in 1901 after the death of President McKinley, led the country in the biggest investment of its time, investing hundreds of millions of dollars and years of hard labor into a canal. In order to become an imperialistic power, the United States needed to gain control of overseas territory by creating and upholding a canal that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to make traveling not only faster in war situations for America, but less costly.
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told them they would defend against Colombia, Panama became a protectorate of the U.S. This means that they would always be protected whenever someone attacked them (Carson, Bonk, pg. 1). Once Colombia came with troops, they noticed that the U.S. had sent more troops than them. They decided it is not worth fighting against them. Some people were strongly against this and they realized that the canal would be built. They started to do riots to try to make them think again about what they will be doing (Rumage, pg. 1). Soon the United States and Columbia started to try to agree on what would happen
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