In early American diplomacy and military strategy was based around protecting the trade route. Many of the trade routes were states of conflict.based on the maps that I have viewed, one based on trade routes, and the other on early military engagements I gathered lots of information. Several wars broke out over the course of time because of piracy and other factors. The most common military strategies were used to protect the people among trade routes. Military conflict map links up with the trade routes map in several places. There are plethora of different reasons that the maps overlap. One of the biggest reasons humans fight over power is he who controls the routes conquers the power. The trade routes are a source of power because many
