Essay 50. Define imperialism and explain what major world powers engaged in it and why they chose to
engage in it. Explain how and why the United States got involved in imperialism.
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Imperialism is a policy or ideology of extending the rule or authority of a country over peoples and other countries for extending political and economic access, power and control, through employing hard power especially military force, but also soft power. While related to the concepts of colonialism and empire, imperialism is a distinct concept that can apply to other forms of expansion and many forms of government.

Expansionism and centralisation have been pursued throughout recorded history by states, with the earliest examples dating back to the mid-third millennium BC. However the concept of imperialism arose in the modern age, associated chiefly with the European colonial powers of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries and New Imperialism. Following the retrenchment of European colonization, the concept has further evolved and has been broadly used to identify as well as criticise a range of policies and a number of states, including even supposedly anti-imperialist states.

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(1) university of virginia: its a colonial heritage was founded in 1819 by declaration of independence author and former president thomas -charlottesville, virginia, united

(2) yellowstone national park is an american national park located in wyoming,montana and idaho and is a colonial heritage site.it was established by us congress and signed into law by president ulysses g grant on march 1,1872.yellowstone is usa's and world's first national park and a heritage site.the park is also known for its wildlife and its geothermal geysers.

(3) yosemite national park: : : colonial heritage site in north in western sierra nevada of central was designated a world heritage site in 1984..it is famous for its granite cliffs,waterfalls,clear streams,giant sequoia groves,lakes,mountains,glaciers and biological

(4) grand canyon national park: : colonial heritage site in north in north western arizona and is 15th site declared as national park..the park's central feature is the grand canyon, a gorge of the colorado river,which is also considered one of the wonders of the world.the park covers 1217262 acres.the grand canyon was designated a world heritage site in by unesco in 1979.

(5) taos pueblo

(6) redwood national park

(7) cahokia mounds

(8) wrangell-st. elias national park

(9) glacier bay national park

(10) kluane national park

(11) tatshenshini-alsek provincial park

(12) mammoth cave national park

(13) olympic national park

(14) great smoky mountains national park

(15) quebec city

(16) everglades national park

(17) lunenburg, nova scotia

(18) glacier national park

(19)chichen itza