Im pretty sure you would be in a Juvenile court, in most states the max age for the juvenile court is 17 though
The benefits of the whole purchase were increased trade from other places and better trade means better work and better pay from that work and that means jobs opened up to help keep those boats coming in with new goods for trade and purchasing in the new world.
One of the biggest reasons that Germany surrendered is because they were running out of supplies and they were economically poor. They didn't have enough money to get more equipment. Not only did they have insufficient funds, but they were also stabbed in the back on the home front in 1916 when Ludendorf initiated war socialism.
