Japan decided to expand it's empire to obtain resources.
Explanation:
Japan was forced to trade with foreign powers, but didn't have many resources to trade, so Japan was essentially forced to trade things it didn't have. Because of this, Japan was forced to obtain resources. The best way to obtain resources is to invade a neighboring country that does have those resources.
locke poined the ideas of natural law, social contract, religion toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the amarican revolution and the U.S constitution that followed
The basis of the American economy is a capitalistic environment in which people have a free market to encourage competition and prevent complete control over any one industry. The basis for any persons economy is trade and a free market in which they can buy and they can sell.