A military action the added territory in the United States in 1848 was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It ended the Mexican-American war and added the territories California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.
<u> Napoleon Bonaparte</u> was a general who ordered a commercial embargo prohibiting the trade of British products in the European continent in 1806, this he did instead of a military strategy, preferring economic warfare since the British fortress was based on international trade.
That would be Phillis Wheatley who published a book of poems :)
The purpose of the government is to "establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, and promote the general welfare."
So, mostly everything to do with society's welfare.
