Benefits Of Imperialism
“This Land is Your Land”
In 1519 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes landed in what is today known as Mexico seeking gold, land, and power. The cost of this, along with the destruction of a civilization's rich culture an inexcusable estimated 240,000 Aztec lives lost. Although some would like to argue that imperialism is a justified act, the most ethical standpoint will always be with those who oppose economic danger, running the risk of war, immoral action and direct violations of the laws our country was built on the united states constitution. For these reasons the negative effects of expansionism greatly outweigh the benefits.
In the past several arguments and theories have been used to support imperialism one of these arguments being that expanding will help economic growth by allowing countries such as the United States to reach new markets and expand its job growth. However, these claims do not take into account the fact that every extra territory the U.S acquires also drains U.S resources. About 2 billion each year is taken from U.S taxpayers in order to maintain Puerto …show more content…
Throughout history, there have been countless wars and rebellions due to the fact that a county simply wants their independence. When the United states dominates a territory it is running the risk of war diplomacy is rarely used in cases of rebellion. An example of this can be seen In the 17th century during what is known as the Dutch Revolt. Colonies belonging to the Spanish in the Netherland began to rebel against Spain this lead to 80 years of war what is today known as the tenth longest war in history ending spanish sphere of influence in the netherland . These rebellions became one of the key points of the collapse of the Spanish empire. The united states itself has had history rebelling our independence cost Britain and France a total of 1.3 billion
In 1519 the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes landed in what is today known as Mexico seeking gold, land, and power. The cost of this, along with the destruction of a civilization's rich culture an inexcusable estimated 240,000 Aztec lives lost. Although some would like to argue that imperialism is a justified act, the most ethical standpoint will always be with those who oppose economic danger, running the risk of war, immoral action and direct violations of the laws our country was built on the united states constitution. For these reasons the negative effects of expansionism greatly outweigh the benefits.
In the past several arguments and theories have been used to support imperialism one of these arguments being that expanding will help economic growth by allowing countries such as the United States to reach new markets and expand its job growth. However, these claims do not take into account the fact that every extra territory the U.S acquires also drains U.S resources. About 2 billion each year is taken from U.S taxpayers in order to maintain Puerto …show more content…
Throughout history, there have been countless wars and rebellions due to the fact that a county simply wants their independence. When the United states dominates a territory it is running the risk of war diplomacy is rarely used in cases of rebellion. An example of this can be seen In the 17th century during what is known as the Dutch Revolt. Colonies belonging to the Spanish in the Netherland began to rebel against Spain this lead to 80 years of war what is today known as the tenth longest war in history ending spanish sphere of influence in the netherland . These rebellions became one of the key points of the collapse of the Spanish empire. The united states itself has had history rebelling our independence cost Britain and France a total of 1.3 billion