Answer:
Losses are limited to the original investment.
Explanation:
The United States historically had far less imperial actions in comparison to their European counterparts. The United States did not have massive colonial empires like Britain or France. The United States acquired some territories outside of the "continental" US however, it did not maintain an imperial presence like any of its European cohorts.
The Constitution was an agreement of laws that wouldn't make our government too strong and separated it into 3 branches.