Blog December 7th

December 7th

In this blog, I am going to talk about how America attempted to gain more territory, and attempt to increase their trade.  I believe that America was right in the fact that they needed to further their trade, and make it slightly faster and efficient, but I believe that the time for starting this trade could have waited.  I believe that if the Nation could not justify it's treaties with the Native Americans, and leave so much land to be considered as "enemy territory", then they should wait to trade.  If the nation could not trade with themselves safely and efficiently, then I believe that they should not have attempted to increase their trade internationally.

This want for trade , lead to the attempt of capturing other territories for themselves, such as the Philippines.  America freed the Philippines from the Spanish rule, and I believe that the Americans could have traded with the Philippines, and formed a treaty with the Philippines in order to use the countries ports and access to water as a resting and trading point.  I do not think that America should have taken control over the Philippines, as it seemed like a waste of resources, and a waste of time.

I overall believe that the attempt of the expansion of America was not morally justified, nor do I believe that the expansion of America could be economically justified.  I believe that America could have utilized several different methods other than utilizing violence in order to increase their trade, I also believe that America should have attempted to increase trade within the Nations, over land, rather than trading by means of ships.  I believe that this venture was not economically justified, as America did possess a fairly strong economy at this time, but I believe that attempts such as the Philippines were not only a waste of resources but also a waste of time that could have been valuable somewhere else in America, rather than outside of America.