The following countries were at one time, under US control:
Includes countries with US occupations.
the world
A case can be made as early as 1848, when a peace treaty with Mexico was signed giving the US huge pieces of territory claimed to be owned by Mexico. In this situation, both countries can be said to have had imperial ambitions. The territory claimed by Mexico was the land the Spanish previously "stole" from Native Americans.
Greed
Immigration
The Caribbean is a region with many different countries. The Unites States has two Caribbean territories: Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
the world
because they need to take their natural resources
Most nations imperialize or colonize in order to gain the resources of the other nation. Usually, one nation will not colonize another if that nation will fight against it.
Many countries did not want to become a possession of Great Britain when it attempted to imperialize the world.
It didn't imperialize China.
Rio de oro & spanish guinea & spanish morocco
It seems as though Great Britain is unable to imperialize the world, after all.
1. The US IS a country. It does not have countries in it.
Italy tried to imperialize Ethiopia. When the Italian people tried to conquer it, they were defeated because the Ethiopians were prepared.
A case can be made as early as 1848, when a peace treaty with Mexico was signed giving the US huge pieces of territory claimed to be owned by Mexico. In this situation, both countries can be said to have had imperial ambitions. The territory claimed by Mexico was the land the Spanish previously "stole" from Native Americans.
Greed
they wanted to.