Representative democracy .modern nations including the united states have too many people for a direct democracy.
In the 1890s, Cuba wanted to get their freedom from Spain. People like Jose Marti petitioned Americans to side with the Cubans and the poor treatment they were receiving from Spain. Also, there was a lot of support in the newspapers called "yellow journalism" where American people were sympathizing with the cause to go against Spain in war. This especially was true with a man nicknamed "The Butcher", Valeriano Weyler, who was a military leader from Spain placed in Cuba to put people in concentration camps.
As a result, America felt a strong sense of patriotism and business reasons to go to war with Spain. After the <em>USS Maine</em> exploded, the United States declared war on Spain.
A similar situation happened in the Philippines, where Spain had a high influence and America did want to free the Philippines from Spain, but then also had their own agenda to take over the Philippines, as it was in a strategic location in the Pacific for trade.
The natural law theory means that certain moral values, rights and responsibilities are recieved through human nature. Simply, you will act because of the nature of humanity.
here is my failure of a translation in spanish as i do not speak it :( hopefully you understand.
La teoría de la ley natural significa que ciertos valores morales, derechos y responsabilidades se reciben a través de la naturaleza humana. Simplemente, actuarás debido a la naturaleza de la humanidad.
source: https://legaldictionary.net/natural-law/
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