IMPERIALISM AND

ITS CREATION
 What is imperialism??
It is the policy in which stronger nations extend their economic,
political, or military control over weaker territories .
 Imperialism?

OLD DEFINITION NEW DEFINITION

• The policy of imposing the rule or command of an • Domination by one country of the political,
empire or nation over foreign countries, or obtaining economic, or cultural life of another countries or
and occupying colonies and dependencies. region
 COUNTRIES THAT
ESTABLISH IMPERIALISM
ROMAN EMPIRE
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
BRITISH EMPIRE
 SOVIET UNION or
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST
REPUBLICS(USSR)
SPAIN
GERMANY
FRANCE
JAPAN
EMPIRE OF CHINA 1915-1916
 AMERICAN
IMPERIALISM
American imperialism is a policy aimed at extending the
political, economic, and cultural control of the United
States government over areas beyond its boundaries. It can
be accomplished in any number of ways: by military
conquest, by treaty, by subsidization, by economic
penetration through private companies followed
by intervention when those interests are threatened, or
by regime change.
The concept of expanding territorial control was
popularized in the 19th century as the doctrine of Manifest
Destiny and was realized through conquests such as
the Mexican–American War of 1846, which resulted in
the annexation of 525,000 square miles of Mexican
territory. While the US government does not refer to itself
as an empire, the continuing phenomenon has been
acknowledged by mainstream Western writers
including Max Boot, Arthur Schlesinger, and Niall
Ferguson.