American expansionism has a huge impact to the world power position held by the country today. The adventure is now deeply rooted in foreign relations. Historically, various periods related to the American foreign relations growth include cold war, territorial expansionism and Vietnam War. According to Divine (2002), the end of U.S. struggle in conflict of dictating imperialists brought about the War with inhabitants in the aim of improving or expanding land resources, which went on from the later eighteenth century until the 1900s.
America began growing prosperously as an industrial country during the 1780 to 1850; therefore, the expansionism played an enormous part in determining the US foreign relations.
On the word of Divine (2002), the increases in economical demands such as the industrial supplies was one of the route cause of impartial Americas search for the international markets especially for clearance of surpluses. Unlike the French and British governments who involved traditional empires, the Americans implemented the imperialism or the open markets to enhance economical potentials and boost the economy.
Imperialism therefore assisted America to accommodate external relations for extra foreign financial support and stronger relations. Strategy to accommodate foreign relations especially during the 1780 to 1850 was in the aim of capturing novel markets and venture into new niches as opposed to supporting human constitutional rights or democracy.
In understanding the meaning and emergence of expansionism, there is need to understand the experiences of people in eighteenth-century and the manifestos their leader made concerning foreign relations. The American expansionism is highly justifiable as a domesticated plan and therefore was of great significance to the residence during the pre-colonial era or because partially it represented progress (Divine, 2002).
It was a vision many had anticipated because it would domesticate and equalize the rule of law to norms status of civilization such as, getting rid of the upheaval status of Civil War. The Americans were in full support because of believing that work and life would have a better meaning. The growth of a country especially the establishment of the constitution emerged from the existence of peace even decades before the war.
The American vision for democracy or a unified nation in pursuit of better destiny is therefore a major contributor to the vision of expansionism. In the 1780 to 1850 era Americans had the expansionism vision in the context of territorial growth and to most leaders or potential kings, the new American territories meant higher opportunities to gunner stronger individual heroic resourcefulness and successes in battles as opposed to the economical success.
While the era forced the domestic expansionism, many other great minds had a different view and embraced a more antagonistic expansionism involving foreign relations. Majority of the Americans still had expansion plans even after the Wars and are the current viable expansionists because of establishing bigger commercial empires.
The aggressiveness of economists advocated for a worldwide practice of economical growth as opposed to the expansionism expressed by the aggressive private armies in support of filibustering. The government due to its failure to arrest or sanction perpetrators arguably supported the Wars. The main aim was to gain the territorial concession but the need for physical advantage became perplexing or mystifying among most Americans, and eventually there was need for finding governed Patent Intentions.
The law therefore brought in enthusiasm for territorial expansion in a more sensible manner. According to Brinkley (2007), even before the civil war, there were debates among politicians on territorial expansionism, where by some were in support for while others were against expansionism for one reason or another. The establishment of the laws therefore had a major contribution to expansionism.
References
Brinkley, A. (2007). American History: A Survey, 12th Ed. Vol. 1 New York: McGraw- Hill Press
Divine, R. A. (2002). America past and present, London, England: Longman press.