<span>With the conquests and voyages of explorers like Christopher Columbus, Portugal was the first country to really start the concept of European Imperialism, whereby countries ventured out for other lands as a way of increasing their influence upon the rest of the world.</span>
The U.S. Senate rejected two financial-political agreements set forth between the U.S. and two Latin American countries. Despite the Senate’s actions, President Taft’s administration still followed treaty terms with two nations, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic.
