Colombia rejected the U.S. offer to build a canal through Panama.
<span>the war left behind destruction and bitterness in those nations</span>
In the 1760's Great Britain started imposing taxes on the colonies to pay off the French and Indian War. Colonists who didn't want to pay the taxes would smuggle goods in.
Definition of imperialism
imperial government, authority, or system
the policy, practice, or advocacy of extending the power and dominion of a nation especially by direct territorial acquisitions or by gaining indirect control over the political or economic life of other areas
broadly : the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence
<em>Hope that helps!!!</em>
