I think it would be 4????
The excerpt reflects the viewpoint of Federalists.
The above appreciations can be found in Alexander Hamilton text "The utility of the union as a safeguard against domestic faction and insurrection." In it, the idea of the Confederate Republic defined by Hamilton as an <em>assemblage of societies</em> is characterized. It defines the extension up to which democracy should operate.
Thus, the ideas in the excerpt are also, some of the ones that constitute what Hamilton referred to as the <em>science of politics and representation</em>, which contained elements that categorized an innovative government as the US is.
Explanation:
I believe they used the phrase "Manifest Destiny." In other words, they believed that it was their destiny to have the land and to build upon it.
The damage outweighed the benefits to the American people because it meant they got to "have more." In other words, more money.
The government could have made an agreement with the natives and possibly allowed them to continue living on the land, perhaps, that would have caused less wars or battles in the end.