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he wrote a book called the influence of sea power and convinced many americans to try and expand overseas

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in 1898 the us declared war on Spain and took Cuba the Philippines puerto rico.

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americans used the sugar cane trade as a way to gain a foothold in hawaii the us provided generous terms for hawaii and over through their king making the country part of the us

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in 1853 the us led its navy into a harbor in tokyo bay to re establish trade for the first time in 200 years

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a policy of extending a countries power