The nineteenth century saw the conquest of new territories for the
             United States, Great Britain and Japan. It is important to understand why
             these conquests were important for nation-building and why some territories
             were incorporated into countries, while others were created as colonial
             At the end of the nineteenth century, "new world powers embraced the
             nation-state system and territorial expansion began to emerge
             (http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/index/index.htm)." It was felt that
             "territorial expansion complicated the needs of the nation-state by
             introducing a new people' outside the people defined by the nation
             (http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/index/index.htm)." However, many countries
             such as America, Japan and Great Britain contended that the "benefits
             outweighed the costs (http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/index/index.htm)."
             During this time, "nation-state competition for colonies led to a
             scramble' for land that consumed the entire globe and led to goods and
             people crossing borders at an incredible rate
             (http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/index/index.htm)." While the colonies
             were given the benefits of modernization, the citizens did not receive
             Industrialization vs. Colonialization
             There were differences in the way the United States, Great Britain
             and Japan handled their territories. "In the Americas, elites moved to
             build strong nation-states based on inclusive government and territorial
             expansion. Expansion, however, did not involve colonialzation so much as
             conquest and incorporation of frontier territory into the nation-state
             itself (http://www.wwnorton.com/worlds/index/index.htm)." The United
             States was successful in creating a solid nation-state after the Civil War,
             and "territorial expansion provided a means of unifying the country as well
             as bringing prosperity to the white farmer
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