The preamble to the united states constitution includes the phrase promote general welfare because its authors knew that

The well-being of society is a factor but I'd need more information to answer the question properly

i think the answer is b.

the fact that could also be added to column b is that during world war ii, specifically between the years 1941 and 1945, japan expanded its territory towards the indonesian territory in what was known later as part of the "pacific war". in that time, japan could conquer the philipines, singapore,   borneo, central java, malang, cebu, sumatra and various other islands of the area, therefore expanding its territory for a brief period of time.