The fact that colonialists had “more sophisticated weaponry” fails to address the question of why not all European nations were able to compete for the same opportunity to colonize.
If America is an empire, it is not in the conventional sense of defined territorial occupation. However, it is essential to recognize the ways in which America has shaped the world of today.
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