Imperialism



Unlike many European countries like England and France the US was not an imperialistic country until after the Spanish American War. One reason was that it had plenty of natural resources and did not need to take them from other countries. Imperialistic countries are those that have colonies or control other countries to obtain necessary natural resources. After the war with Spain the US took control of many Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Pacific including Cuba, Puerto Rica and the Philippines. Although the US did not get natural resources from these former Spanish colonies, it did get important military bases and it became an important country in those parts of the world

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