why did america never secure colonies in Africa?

Question

was there any international factors?
did america plan to colonize afirca at any time?

Answer 1

I'm not sure that America has ever deliberately colonized anything outside of the 48 contiguous states. Everything else just sorta fell into our laps. But you might want to check the history of Liberia. Strikes me it was named for liberty by returning African slaves. You might consider it an American colony.

Answer 2

America never really had colonial ambitions the way that the European powers did. There's a case to be made for a 19th and early 20th century American empire, but it didn't include any African nations. However, the Americans did have interests in Africa; Liberia, the west African nation of free slaves (at least that was the intention) was backed by the US during the 19th and 20th centuries (although it does not get near qualifying for a colony by traditional definition).

Answer 3

The major episode of American colonization was the Spanish American war. Beyond that America was not in general an active colonizer, having little interest in territorial acquisition outside of the Americas. Any attempt to do so would have created unwanted tensions with one or more of the European powers. The tremendous strength of the US economy by the end of the 19th century also meant that the United States could prefer to dominate through market means rather than formal colonization.

Answer 4

There are probably numerous reasons. I think the most prominent are the fact that the Europeans (British, Dutch, French, etc) had already colonized most of Africa before the U.S. was capable. Also, you have the distance factor, and the U.S. didn't have much of a naval fleet until the 1900's. The British were actually much more of a world power throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries than the U.S. Also, the U.S. was focused on North American expansion and domestic politics (north/south issues, Civil War, Reconstruction, etc.) throughout the 1800's and early 1900's.

Answer 5

During the colonisation process the United States was not as strong a nation as it is today. Also, they were not as close to Africa as the European nations were. However, people in the United States did help found Liberia which was colonised by free African-American slaves so you could argue that the United States founded one colony in Africa.

Answer 6

I think it was a matter of timing, 200 years ago Most of the colonization had happened and the USA was in it's infancy.

They were old enough to import slaves, but really not big and strong enough to start colonizing places.

Answer 7

Because the Europeans got there first.

Answer 8

I think because it was too difficult and dangerous to get over there. Also, the distance factor would make it harder to control.

Answer 9

no they wont