IDST/HIST 2471-H
Take Home Exams.
3. Explain the origins of United States imperialism in Latin America?
Thesis
United States Imperialism in Latin America, which basically is United States being in control of foreign government and having influence over its economy for its own economic interest.
The essay will start of by explaining what is meant by imperialism, then give a brief history of Latin America which will open to how the region was controlled by former Spanish colonizers and what were the motives for united states intervention and waging war on the Spanish to achieve their territory in the region.
The essay will give a look at The American foreign policy which was declared by former President James Monroe, a policy which later came to be known as Monroe Doctrine
This essay will intend to give its readers an understanding of United States imperialism in Latin America, how it started, thus give an insight of the causes that led to it.
A brief case study about the American-Spanish war and The United States inheritance of former Spanish territory in the region, this should give broader understanding of the topic.
Introduction
Towards the end of the 15th century, The Spanish were the first European nation to set sail out west and across the Atlantic in search of new land to explore and conquer on the western hemisphere of the earth. The Spanish arrived in the Americas and managed to acquire land which most of falls in the region of Latin America today. It oversaw territories like certain parts of eastern United States and down west towards places like California, Puerto Rico Mexico, Cuba and many more. Around the first quarters of the 19th Century, most of the Spanish empire in Latin America had fallen into the hands of the United States.[footnoteRef:1] [1: Blackmar, Frank W. "Spanish Colonial Policy." Publications of the American Economic Association, 3rd Series, 1, no. 3 (1900): 112-43. http://www.jstor.org.cat1.lib.trentu.ca:8080/stable/2485793.]
Spain like other European Nations who conquered new territories outside of Europe had one main purpose which was to exploit and claim resources back to land of the colonizers. Like the Spanish Colonization policy which states that hence the king of Spain was responsible for travel expenses, so he assumed ownership of newly discovered lands and claimed one-fifth of all treasures gained by exploration, all revenue made in the should be sent back as remittance to the Spain and the colony should also contribute to support the Spanish development.[footnoteRef:2] The Spanish like other European Colonizers gained a lot from conquering territories. This motivated others to obtain more territories where they could exploit more resources from in order to improve their own economies and this was also a main motive for the United States as well. [2: Ibid (1900)]
Former United States President James Monroe In 1823, declared a foreign policy for the united states which has come to be known as the known...
