Imperial expansion is when an imperialistic country expands by taking over territories of other countries.
The united states was neutral at the beginning of most wars
World War II effectively began when German troops crossed the borders of Poland.
This campaign, also known as 'the invasion of Poland' started on 1 September and ended on 6 October 1939 with Germany annexing Poland.
"Thomas Jefferson<span>, in the 1790s, awaited the fall of the </span>Spanish Empire<span> "until our population can be sufficiently advanced to gain it from them piece by piece."</span><span>In turn, historian </span>Sidney Lens<span> notes that "the urge for expansion – at the expense of other peoples – goes back to the beginnings of the United States itself."</span><span> Yale historian Paul Kennedy put it, "From the time the first settlers arrived in </span>Virginia<span> from </span>England<span> and started moving westward, this was an imperial nation, a conquering nation."</span><span> In a 2008 address to </span>Boston University<span>, </span>Noam Chomsky<span> stated that "talking about American imperialism is rather like talking about triangular triangles." Detailing George Washington's description of the early United States as an "infant empire",</span><span> Benjamin Franklin's writing that "the Prince that acquires new Territory ... removes the Natives to give his own People Room... may be properly called Father of his Nation,</span><span> and Thomas Jefferson's statement that the United States "must be viewed as the nest from which all America, North & South is to be peopled,"</span><span> Chomsky stated, "the United States is the one country that exists, as far as I know, and ever has, that was founded as an empire explicitly."</span>
