A lack of central governments with wealth and power
Answer:
my guess is not very long so no the united states should not have become a empire
Explanation:
Criminology is the scientific study of criminal behavior. It aims to understand the nature, fundamental and etiology of violence, aggression and all that is related to crime.
The three eras the criminology is characterized to are the precolonial, colonial and the postcolonial eras.
There were several reasons actually. First of all, there was a war before. As it is well known, wars are very expensive. Soldiers needed to be equipped, soldiers need to be paid, etc. Then came the need to pay for heavy costs. Who to tax? For some reason the Colonies were chosen, perhaps as the war was quite literally fought by the colonies.
I believe the answer is C.