When we talk about Colonialism and Imperialism in the 20th century, it’s important to distinguish the two as both are similar in many different ways. The expansion of land power and resources are all things both of these aim to accomplish. However the methods for doing both of these can vary widely despite them aiming to accomplish a very similar task. Let's start with Colonialism. Its main goal is to pursue control over a specific area, usually by force. A great example of Colonialism would be the annexation of Hawaii. This occurred when the government put acts in place to prevent anyone in Hawaii from the right to vote without the ownership of land. The act was detrimental to the health and freedom of the citizens of Hawaii so later when the king died and power was given to the queen, she attempted to have the act abolished. This however resulted in the queen being forcefully imprisoned and forcefully overthrown which resulted in corrupt individuals overseeing the latter to become state.
Meanwhile colonialism is a much less aggressive form of gaining control. Usually it involves less forceful ways of gaining control such as controlling military or economic power over another country. During the early 20th century, shortly after the Spanish American war. America had placed many businesses and economic influences throughout the Philippians. This strategy of creating economic points in these lands was created by Minor Keith, initially planned and implemented a strong level of economic control over these territories. Eventually led to them being used as a form of control for the U.S
In the podcast Throughline, the narrators describe Minor Keith's relationship with central America as a form of American Colonialism. The reason why is because he controlled so much land using the United Fruit Company which had control over a lot of economic power in the regions. The American colonialism term is used to reflect the power that he held at the time due to his economic powers.
“Hawaiian Annexation [ushistory.org].” USHistory.org, https://www.ushistory.org/us/44b.asp.
“There Will Be Bananas : Throughline.” NPR, 9 January 2020,
Meanwhile colonialism is a much less aggressive form of gaining control. Usually it involves less forceful ways of gaining control such as controlling military or economic power over another country. During the early 20th century, shortly after the Spanish American war. America had placed many businesses and economic influences throughout the Philippians. This strategy of creating economic points in these lands was created by Minor Keith, initially planned and implemented a strong level of economic control over these territories. Eventually led to them being used as a form of control for the U.S
In the podcast Throughline, the narrators describe Minor Keith's relationship with central America as a form of American Colonialism. The reason why is because he controlled so much land using the United Fruit Company which had control over a lot of economic power in the regions. The American colonialism term is used to reflect the power that he held at the time due to his economic powers.
“Hawaiian Annexation [ushistory.org].” USHistory.org, https://www.ushistory.org/us/44b.asp.
“There Will Be Bananas : Throughline.” NPR, 9 January 2020,