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The Great White Fleet was used by Roosevelt to show the growing American military power. The fleet circumnavigated the globe between December 1907 and February 1909.
The Great White Fleet had nothing to do with the American Revolution. The battleships of the US Atlantic Fleet (16 of them) sailed from Hampton Roads (Norfolk), VA on 16 December 1907, returning there on 22 February 1909, after circumnavigating the globe. The American Revolution occurred between 1776 and 1781 (depending on what you consider to be the beginning; and the treaty that actually ended it wasn't signed until 1783).
Sending the Great White Fleet - a group of 16 battleships with various escorts, split into 2 squadrons - on a journey around the globe from December 16, 1907, to February 22, 1909,
The "White Flag Fleet"
Theodore Roosevelt ordered this world tour for the fleet in 1907.
The U.S. navy was named the Great White Fleet that completed a trip through parts of the globe from December 1907 to February 1909. President Roosevelt sent sixteen battleships along with escorts to demonstrate the U.S.'s eminent military and the exceedingly powerful navy adequacy. Through the fleet, Theodore Roosevelt sought to protect their overseas aquisitions and enforce treaties
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The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with various escorts. Roosevelt sought to demonstrate growing American military power and blue-water navy capability.
United States Pacific Fleet was created in 1907.
Roosevelt asserted American power with the Monroe Doctrine. It outlined the fact that the United States would not be controlled by European countries.
President Teddy Roosevelt feared the Imperial Navy was becoming a threat which might dominate the Pacific; thus the cruise of the US Navy's "Great White Fleet" which commenced operations in 1907; a show of America's Seapower around the world...with the primary purpose of impressing Japan.