Pros And Cons Of The US Colonize The Island Of Avalon

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The U.S. should colonize the island of Avalon because the United States can use the oil, can also teach them our modern ways, and can make Avalon another state and expand the US.

The oil under Avalon can is hopefully enough to help the US and make profit on it selling it to foreign countries. We would not have to be dependent on other countries to provide us oil sending us into a deeper debt. If we had any surplus in oil we could repay back countries that we bought oil from. This would provide more jobs to americans that go to drill the oil. This will also boost the economy. The US introducing them to our modern environment would persuade them leaving their island.

The natives on the island Avalon are relatively peaceful. We can take the

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