How can nationalism lead to imperialism?

Nationalism can basically be defined as the idea that your country is superior to all others. Also if people feel nationalistic, well they might start wanting to prove that their country is better than others. So basically one way to prove this is by taking an empire. Also nationalism is a belief that one's country is the best. Imperialism allows a nation to just expand it's borders and to gain more valuable raw materials and trade markets. Nationalists just believed that their nation's values were just the best and that these had to be spread to the developing world.

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

false the first governing document in the us history was the articles of federation