Do you have the options? If not I'd say European Imperialism was started by Portugal.
In November 19,1863 Abraham Lincoln's speech, in the last sentence he said "the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth".
Kennan thought if he provided aid to countries that were suffering economically and might soon have to go into the soviet union, he could build them up and therefore they could stand up against communism.