8 sentences with 'imperialists'
Example sentences and phrases with the word imperialists and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, the effects of imperialism lingered long after the former colonies achieved independence in the 20th century, as almost all of them were left with the borders originally created by the imperialists, often along with sharper ethnic divisions than would otherwise have existed. »
• « Instead, the League of Nations quickly revealed itself to be weak and ineffective, systematically failing to act when nations launched wars of invasion (beginning with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in northern China in 1931), handing over territories in Africa and the Middle East to European imperialists rather than to the peoples who actually lived there, and failing to attract members from the very country whose leader had proposed it in the first place: the United States. Instead of inspiring confidence and hope, the Society appeared to many as the symbol of international dysfunction. »
• « When the Brazilian imperialists declared war, the River Plate troops entered the Banda Oriental, where they were joined by the soldiers led by Lavalleja. »
• « While the land and naval forces of the River Plate successfully confronted the Brazilian imperialists, the country's internal political situation became complicated again. »
• « In the absence of a national government, all the provinces delegated the management of foreign relations to the governor of Buenos Aires, who tried to resume the armed struggle against the imperialists, but various difficulties prevented him from doing so. »
• « The Unitarians used the peace treaty signed by the federal government with Brazil to criticize them and thus harden the opinion of the army chiefs who had fought against the Brazilian imperialists. »
• « In the 1850s, the expansionist impulse among southern whites intensified. Among southern imperialists, one way to push for the creation of an American empire of slavery was through the actions of filibusters, men who conducted unofficial military operations aimed at seizing land in foreign countries or fomenting revolution there. »