Abstract
This article discusses the role of state, nation, and empire in the formation and early development of the US. While recent debates on empire have mainly focused on current US foreign policy and global power, this historical analysis shows that the founding and early development of an American nation-state was driven by empire-building. A discussion of the dynamic relationship between empire-building and nation-state formation in Europe generates the general framework for the application of these concepts to the historical development of the US. The entanglement of empire-building and nation-state formation undermines the argument that American political development is somehow exceptional, putting the formation of the US in the context of similar dynamics elsewhere.
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