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Annex Canada
In 1812 we had a war with Great Britain in Annex Canada. -
Annex Canada
In 1812 we had a war with Great Britain in annex Canada -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe Doctrine placed all of North and South America off limits for new European colonization. It asserted that the United States might resort to war against any European nation that interfered with the independence of newly formed states in Central and South America that had emerged from rebellions against Spanish or Portuguese colonization. -
Mexican-American War
President James K. Polk justified the Mexican-American War to expand our borders by falsely asserting that an American soldier had been killed on American soil by the Mexican military. General Ulysses S. Grant condemned the war as “wicked” in his War Memoirs. -
Hawaii's Monarchy
In 1893, the United States collaborated in the overthrow of Hawaii’s monarchy. Annexation followed five years later. -
Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War was fought to expand our sphere of influence in the Caribbean and the Pacific. We acquired the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico. We occupied Cuba militarily until it enshrined the conditions of the Platt Amendment in the Cuban Constitution. -
Independence From Columbia
The United States intervened militarily in Panama from 1903-1914 to secure its independence from Colombia, and to negotiate a treaty to construct and exercise sovereignty over the Panama Canal. -
Cuban Independence
Acting under the Platt Amendment, the United States intervened militarily in Cuban affairs in 1906-1909, 1912, and 1917-1922. -
Capture Vera Cruz
The United States militarily in Mexico, including the capture of Vera Cruz and general Johns Pershing's northern expedition. -
Haiti Militarly
United States occupied Haiti militarily in response to chronic political instability there. -
Dominican Republic
We occupied the Dominican Republic militarily in response to threatened insurrections that threatened our interests. -
Nicaraguan Government
The United States occupied Nicaragua militarily including fighting the rebel forces of Cesar Sandino against a Nicaraguan government we supported. -
Overthrow the Cuban Government
The United States launched the ill-starred Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro. -
Marxist-Socialist politics
We collaborated in the overthrow and killing of Chilean President Salvador Allende because we opposed his Marxist-Socialist politics. -
Haitian Democracy
The United States dispatched troops to Haiti in the name of restoring democracy. “Haitian democracy,” however, has been an oxymoron for two centuries.
