Blog #12 Imperialism

For my blog on the topic of imperialism, I looked up an article about the United States and how we are an imperialist country. The main idea of the article is that America gained independence so we could be a our own country and not part of what was looked upon as an "English Empire" because of the monarchy system. For the most part we had maintained that until America became more populated which led to more money. Since then, we have taken control of armies, natural resources, etc. I don't entirely agree with this article for one main reason. We may be a powerful and unified nation, but that doesn't give people the right to say that it is imperialism. We just look out for the greater good of our country no matter how that may hapen. Overall, the article had some good points, but it was a little bit sided towards the non-Americans.


http://www.slate.com/?id=2075261

Hitchens, Christopher. "American Imperialism, Then and Now." Slate. 10 Dec. 2002. 10 Mar. 2009.
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