How Is Imperialism Different From Old Manifest Destiny

During the late 19th century and early 20th century, Manifest Destiny was a popular concept in America that meant that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the world and its lands. After the Civil War, America faced a period of Reconstruction, in which the country was truly able to restore itself, expanding Westward. Later on in the time period, America had transformed into an industrial nation, which sparked competition among other countries. Although New Manifest Destiny of the late 19th century and early 20th century was in some instances a departure from Old Manifest Destiny, however, in other instances, it was a continuation of earlier expansionist policies. To begin with, Imperialism was different from Old Manifest Destiny

These benefits had a direct correlation with the encouragement of expansionism. From the origins of the Anglo Saxon America, the most obvious enemy of the Whites were the Native Americans. However, through much work, whites were successfully able to force assimilation on the Native Americans. As Imperialism became apparent in the late 19th century and early 20th century, historians can agree that military and political reasons were factors of imperialism. As evidenced by war with Spain and the Treaty of PAris, the United States would be given lands including Puerto Rico, Guam, and other territories. An example is Alfred T Mahan, who wrote “The Influence of Sea Power on History” which suggests that those countries that have the best Sea power, ends up having the most control over the world. America was able to grow during this period, which resulted in much gained

MAnifest claimed that America had a destiny, manifest, i.e., self-evident, from God to occupy the North American continent south of Canada.Both the Spanish and the French monarchs authorized and financed exploration of the “New World” because, among other things, they considered it their divinely appointed mission to spread Christianity to the New World by converting the natives to Christianity. Coming later to the venture, the British and especially the New England Puritans carried with them a demanding sense of Providential purpose.Winthrop delivered his lay sermon just before he and his fellow passengers disembarked on the shore of Boston harbor, the place, Winthrop proposed, to which God had called them to build up a model Bible commonwealth for Protestants in England and elsewhere to emulate. “Thus stands the cause between God and us. We are entered into Covenant with him for this work, we have taken out a commission.” Such are the basic outlines of the idea of America’s “chosenness” and providential destiny and mission that not only underlay the invocation of the nation’s “Manifest Destiny” as the rationale for the United States to extend its boundaries to the Pacific Ocean. It is also the constellation of ideas that has informed American nationalism and its actions at home and abroad to this