aug 31, 1884 - Alfred Thayer Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power: Upon History

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Argued a strong navy was crucial for markets and becoming a world power, securing island colonies in the Pacific and the Caribbean should be secured for resources, and a canal should be built to reduce traveling time.

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APUSH Unit 6 Timeline (Expansion, Progressivism, and WWI)

ByShevlin Jaffe

2 Dec 2020

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aug 31, 1884

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~ 141 years ago