How did the United States become the center of capitalism? What is the reason?

As the world economic center or the capitalist world center, the basic symbol is that the economic aggregate ranks

How did the United States become the center of capitalism? What is the reason?

As the world economic center or the capitalist world center, the basic symbol is that the economic aggregate ranks first in the world, and the status of the world financial center has been firmly established. Wave after wave of scientific and technological revolutions have been launched continuously, and the new achievements of scientific and technological revolutions have spread to the world wave after wave through the export of technology, capital and commodities and through education.

At the same time, it is the center of world culture, science and technology education; Especially since World War II, most of the new ideological trends originated in the United States. Of course, the development of the contemporary world is not only the credit of the United States, but other countries in the world, especially Western Europe, the Soviet Union and Japan, have made important contributions, but in all the above areas, the contribution made by the United States is undoubtedly unparalleled.

How is such a position in contemporary America achieved? As we said before, the expansion of19th century laid the foundation for the United States to become the center of the world, but it will take some time to develop from this foundation into a veritable superpower, and there are deep-seated reasons.

The reason why the United States has become a superpower cannot be explained by any single factor, but is the result of the comprehensive action of many factors. The most important thing is its international environment and unique geographical conditions, its people's creative spirit and its unique human conditions. The main reasons are:

First of all, the people are full of creative spirit, and the formation of the system helps to give full play to this spirit. As for the creative spirit of Americans, we have already mentioned it above. What we want to emphasize here is that the exertion of people's creative spirit is largely because it has a system that can exert people's creative spirit, which is what we call humanistic conditions here. America is a young country. At first, its residents mainly came from Britain, the most democratic country in Europe and the world.

Since then, although the composition of residents in the United States is extremely complicated, the origin of its system mainly comes from Britain. Because it has no feudal tradition, its system is more open than that of Britain, and there is no aristocratic rule tradition like that of Britain. In the pioneering period, even if the king came to America, his status would not be much higher than that of a beggar. Many early immigrants were aristocrats, but as soon as they came to the United States, they immediately became ordinary people, or they starved to death. Everyone's status and wealth depend largely on his own struggle, his personal quality and charm. A system that allows more people to play their creative talents is formed in such an environment.

Second, in connection with the above, Americans do not stick to rules and regulations, attach importance to science but are not superstitious about it, and are eager to learn and think more. The whole country is always surging with a national or mass wave of invention and innovation. In the last decades of the19th century, many inventions were made by ordinary Americans. From 1860 to 1890, the federal government issued 440,000 patent certificates. Bell, who founded Bell Telephone Company, is a Scottish teacher who immigrated to the United States. Of course, Edison is the most representative among them.

Third, the geographical location is superior and the natural resources are extremely rich. The United States is far away from the old continent, surrounded and protected by the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean on both sides, and Canada in the north and Mexico in the south are much weaker than it, so it does not need to spend too much money on the military; On the other hand, it is vast, rich in natural resources, and faces the sea on both sides. No country has this unique condition. Throughout the19th century, the process of industrialization and the rapid development of agriculture in the United States have promoted each other, and it is inconceivable that there is no vast "ownerless land" in the west.

The geographical location of the United States also enables it to stay away from world conflicts when necessary. Only when the old world "needs" it will "reluctantly" come out and grab the fruits of conflict. As we have explained before, to a great extent, the United States established its world hegemony by two world wars.

Fourth, make full use of the advantages of all parties, especially the relationship with the former world hegemon Britain. Since the War of Independence, there has been no large-scale war between the two sides except the small-scale conflict of 18 12. The two world hegemons before and after this were allies in both world wars. For a long time, the United States has developed on the basis of meeting the needs of Britain. Only when it confirms that it has enough strength can it show its strength quite safely.

For example, from the end of 19 to the beginning of the 20th century, the United States gradually controlled Latin America, and at this time, Britain was gradually powerless in this region. In the two world wars, the United States was involved in the war only when Britain wanted it, and it quickly grew into a giant in the world economy, politics and military affairs. This is certainly not to deny that the United States was involved in the war mainly to pursue its own interests, but as far as its relationship with Britain, the former world hegemon, is concerned, the British really want it to replace their position in the world.

There are many reasons for the rise of America. In some specific measures, its emphasis on traffic construction is very worthy of our attention. Without superior traffic conditions, the comprehensive advantages of vast territory and rich resources cannot be brought into play in the economic development of the United States. 19th century is the century of railways, and the railway construction in the United States has left a very amazing impression on the world. Just after the end of the civil war, when the south was still devastated and there was almost no prospect of economic development, the railway was extended for the first time.

The Gilded Age has a vivid description of this. 1865 at the end of the American civil war, the total length of the American national railway was 35,000 miles. /kloc-increased to 74000 miles after 0/0 years. /kloc-in 0/900, there were 206,000 miles of railways in the United States. Before the civil war, the railway followed the immigrants to the west; After the Civil War, immigrants moved westward along the railway. The most iconic event in the process of railway construction is the connection between the Central Pacific Railway (the western section) and the Union Pacific Railway (the eastern section) which spans the eastern and western parts of the United States. The time is 1869, which is also a sign that the American economy has entered the hurricane period, which shows the close relationship between railway construction and economic development. China workers have made great contributions to railway construction.