Imperialism Timeline

  • Dec 5, 1492

    US occupation of the Dominican Republic (1905)

    The recorded history of the Dominican Republic began on December 5, 1492, when the European navigator Christopher Columbus encountered a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the CaribeEl recorded history of the Republic Dominican began on December 5, 1492, when the European navigator Christopher Columbus encountered a large island in the region of the western Atlantic Ocean that later came to be known as the Caribbean
  • Philippine Insurrection

    Philippine-American War, a war between the United States and Filipino revolutionaries from 1899 to 1902
  • Hay-Buanau-Varilla Treaty

    The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty was a treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, which established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03
  • Cuban Intervention (1906)

    Was a major military operation in American which began in September 1096
  • The Great White Fleet

    The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.
  • Panama Canal (completion of the canal)

    Panama Canal definition. Waterway across the Isthmus of Panama. The canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The United States built it from 1904 to 1914 on territory leased from Panama.