When it came to the foreign policies, the United States were not really pleasant towards the rest of the world. Besides the somewhat imperialistic policies that they had displayed, they fought others in terms of economy and migration. There were numerous laws introduced that prevented people form foreign countries from immigrating which wasn't liked by the other countries, while high tariffs made sure that exporting goods to the US was very difficult which was also problematic for various foreign countries.
Checks and Balances are all spread through out the branches. Each one is designed so no one branch became to powerful, each branch has to check and balance another one.
The answer is the Renaissance. Meaning "Rebirth" in French. I hope this helped.
Economically:
As imperial states began controlling the economy of the colonized territory, interests for the welfare of the colonized peoples had little influence in defining their economic policies. ... Thus, imperialism had a highly negative effect on the economic growth of colonized nations.
Politically:
The long term effects of imperialism on the colonized people are political changes such as changing the government reflect upon European traditions, economic changes that made colonies create resources for factories, and cultural changes that made people convert their religion.
Socially:
According to other authors, the social impact of colonialism depended on the number settlers of European origin, colonially-induced labor migration and the level of colonial investment in the health and education sector. Related to that were different practices of ethnic and/or religious discrimination or privileges.
Religious and political conflicts diminished