They may abuse the money and not use it for what the state needs
Answer: The executive branch doesn’t have the power to suspend rights. The 11, 12, 13 and 14th amendments protect our rights and they can never be taken away as long as the constitution still stands.
To limit the power of the russian empire in the balkans
Answer:
Because he realized that the world was in fact round and that if you went the opposite way you would eventually end up in the same place.
The major complication was the Americas. A GIANT land mass with no way through it at the time.