A country would want to get a larger military to overpower or to stand ground against other counties. "Problems" that this could cause to a nation is to be over militarized and not care about its citizens, problems to surrounding nations is that they would feel threatened by a larger military.
It’s hard to imagine the United States without a large central government. Americans often forget that the Founders disagreed vehemently regarding the size/form/structure that our new governement should take. These disagreements first resulted in factions (Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists) and eventually led to the development of America’s first political parties.
I feel like “The voyages were risky, and there was no insurance to cover the risk” is the answer. Investors didn’t want to lose money and the only way that they would somehow break even on the cost would be if the voyage found riches.
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False. It was slaves. Technically, slaves weren't counted as 3/5 of a person either, it was just that 3 out of every 5 slaves were counted as a part of population in a slaveholding state for congressional representation.
