The Americans won the Spanish-American War. As a result of the Treaty of Paris, the US gained territory in the Pacific and Carribean, including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. This led to the US increasing production of more foreign goods that they could now produce in their own territories, and therefore expanded their markets.
They turned from reason to emotion and society to nature.
<span>-A country should export more goods than it imports.
-</span><span>A country should try to gain as much gold and silver as possible.
-</span><span>Countries need colonies to supply raw materials for industry.</span>
