The United States has been involved in a number of overseas interventions throughout its history.
The Barbary Wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries were the first wars waged by the United States outside it's boundaries after the War of Independence. Driected against the Barbary States of North Africa it was fought to end piracy against American flagged ships in the Mediterranean.
The founding of Liberia was privately sponsored by American gro...
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The United States has been involved in a number of overseas interventions throughout its history.
The Barbary Wars of the 18th and early 19th centuries were the first wars waged by the United States outside it's boundaries after the War of Independence. Driected against the Barbary States of North Africa it was fought to end piracy against American flagged ships in the Mediterranean.
The founding of Liberia was privately sponsored by American groups, primarily the American Colonization Society, but the country enjoyed the support and unofficial cooperation of the United States government.
Matthew Perry negotiated a treaty opening Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854. The U.S. advanced the Open Door Policy that guaranteed equal economic access to China and support of Chinese territorial and administrative integrity. The USA has also acquired small islands in the Pacific, mostly to be used as coaling stations.
The early decades of the 20th century saw a number of...
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