What methods and tactics did industrialized states use to establishandexpand their empires?

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Industrialized states used numerous methods and tactics to establish and expand their empires. These included, but are not limited to: military forces, diplomatic affairs, and economical exchanges.

Tactics used to establish and expand the United States include military forces and diplomatic affairs. These are both shown when Commodore Matthew Perry, on behalf of the United States, steamed into Edo Bay, Japan (now Tokyo). He demanded to speak diplomacy with the emperor, and, even though some of the samurai class resisted, Japan signed an agreement saying that its ports would open on a regular basis. Higher Japanese officials recognized that the city was defenseless against naval bombardment. This incident is an example of militarism as a tactic to establish economic advantages in the region. Diplomacy was the tactic used by Japan to then keep itself from being exploited and/or destroyed by the United States.

                                                                           

                                            United States' forces storming into Edo.


The tactics of economics and military can be shown in the Opium War. Basically,  the British sold Opium and made a high profit off it. China, in turn, closed off trade. The British attacked China to force china to trade with the British; the British won. This is an example of economics used as a tactic for establishing and expanding the British empire due to the British making a profit off the trade of opium. another tactic used by the British in the Opium War was military; the British attacked China to force them to trade with them.






Works Cited and Other Sources:


John Green Crash Course Matthew Perry:

Opium War:

Smith, Bonnie G., Marc van de Vieroop, Richard van Glahn, and Kris Lane.

      Crossroads and Cultures: A History of the World's Peoples. United Sates of America: Bedford/  
      St. Martin's, 2012. Online.