Timeline: American Imperialism

1867

Purchase of Alaska

The purchase of Alaska was the one of the first ways that America imperialized and took over land. Alaska, while at the time was not very beneficial, has proved America with large amounts of oil.

1889

Pan-American Conference

The Pan-American Conference created an alliance of some sort to create a cooperation on trade and other issues. This saw the United States and gaining power and becoming the face of the Western Hemisphere.

1898

Annexation of Hawaii

Hawaii gave the United States power in the Pacific Ocean and lots of sugar plantations. It helped naval fleets by creating a base where the ships could fuel up.

Feb 15, 1898

The Sinking of the Maine

the sinking of the US battleship Maine started what is what most people think of as American Imperialism. America got into this war and got a lot out of it, including Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam.

Feb 6, 1899

Treaty of Paris in Congress

This treaty annexed the Philippines and the anti-imperialists came up two votes short. This shows that most people wanted to imperialize and spread throughout the world. The Philippines were furious and soon after started a war for their independence.

1900

Election of 1900(after the Spanish-American War)

The election showed were the hearts of the people were at. From the victory in the war, the candidate with the war hero as his Vice President of course won. This along wit the victory over the Spanish helped other nations recognize that the United States was a first-class power.

1900

Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellions was a rebellion of Chinese that tried to push out foreigners and then got pushed around themselves. The US along with other nations brought troops in a forced China to pay large amounts of indemnities. This shows that the US is not afraid to take action and shows how weak China had became.

1905