Territorial Acquisition Quotes
Referring to the Mexican War:
The previous year the Japanese had committed to maintaining the independence of Korea. ({613110}). The Japanese then abrogated their treaty, forced Sunjong to abdicate, assassinated his wife, and annexed the country.
Buchanan was then Secretary of State.
Adams was then Secretary of State. Although he had designs on Cuba, he did not favor annexation be force. He felt that the Spanish colonization of Cuba was 'unnatural' and when the Spanish were overthrown there would be a natural alliance between Cuba and the U. S.
Literally the word means “living room” but was an intellectual doctrine which essentially said that Germany, in order to survive as a major civilized society, was justified in conquering the lands of its neighbors—especially those areas which had traditionally ethnic German populations. This conquest would give the German “master race room to expand.
In that year Republican President William McKinley reversed Cleveland’s policy against expansionism at the expense of independent peoples. He staved off annexation while he was president because of his views as early as 1893. See {643147}.
Between a purchase of lands from the Hudson's Bay Corporation and land grants, Canada annexed millions of acres of land without much political activity or any assent from the people who lived on those lands.
The right to form a new state in vacant and purchased land was quite remarkable. This right never made it into the U. S. Constitution.
