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American Empire is an informal, emotionally charged term that is used to collectively describe the United States' influence and trends toward political expansion beyond the bounds of continental North America. It is sometimes cited as being a natural ideologically based extension of the expansive American theme of ' Manifest Destiny'.

1 Expansion

Unlike many other powerful western nations, the United States had historically not been a country that has participated in traditional imperialist expansion or conquests. This changed following the Spanish American War, which was partially provoked by American politicians and businessmen, like William Randolph Hearst, interested in European-style expansionism. After the war, the defeated Kingdom of Spain agreed to cede most of her colonial possessions to the control of the United States.

The following areas have at one time or another been part of a sort of "American Empire," that is to say colonies that were annexed to the United States, yet not granted statehood or self-rule.

Many of America's former colonies have since become independent countries, states of the American union, or self-governing commonwealths. However despite the fact that these countries are legally independent the US has often intervened military or otherwise influenced their domestic affairs. Examples for military intervention are the US invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965 or the invasion of Panama in 1989. An example for non-military forms of intervention in the former colonies are the numerous assassination attempts on Fidel Castro or the CIA-supported Bay of Pigs Invasion in 1961.

The US also remains the main trading partner of both the Dominican Republic and the Philippines.

• AlaskaOn January 3, 1959, Alaska was admitted to the United States as the 49th state. The population of the state is 626,932, as of 2000. The name "Alaska" is most likely derived from the Aleut word for "great country" or "mainland. The natives called it "Alyes (1867-1959) (now a state of the US)
• American SamoaAmerican Samoa is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific Ocean. Originally inhabited as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was reached by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half o (1900-)
• CubaAlternate meanings: see Cuba (disambiguation The Republic of Cuba is an archipelago in the northern Caribbean, in between the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. To the north are found the United States and the Bahamas, to the west M (1899-1909) (now independent)
• Dominican Republic (1916-1922) (now independent)
• GuamThe Territory of Guam ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Territorial motto: Where America's Day Begins Official languages English, Chamorro, Japanese Capital Hagatna Chief of state George W. Bush Governor Felix Perez Camacho Area Total % water Ranked 202nd 549 km² (1898-)
• HawaiiFor the 1959 novel and 1966 movie, see Hawaii (novel). Hawaii ( Hawaiian/ Hawaiian English: Hawai‘i with the ‘okina is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States, and as of the 2000 (1899-1959) (now a state of the US)
• Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsThe Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United States from July 18, 1947, comprising the former League of Nations mandates administered by Japan and taken by the U (1944-1990) (now 3 independent states Marshall IslandsThe Republic of the Marshall Islands is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U. island of Wake. Republic of the Marshall Islands ( In Detail) Official langu, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau and one commonwealth Northern Mariana Islands)
• Panama Canal Zone (1903-1979) (now part of Panama)
• Philippines (1898-1946) (now independent)
• Puerto Rico (1898-1952) (now a commonwealth)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (1917-)
• Okinawa (1945-1972) under US military control

There is also the odd case of Liberia, a nation founded in part by American slaves who were returned to Africa.

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