It helped so that the army could have more food and supplies.
The answer to this question will be be because if they hoped they would not need to tray for food if they trapped they will not need food but if they traded goods they had on them they would need food
I would say no because if we look at economics, it is REALLY expensive to maintain a large country (this case empire) because there would simply be too many people to manage for one governing body (so I would presume a governing body and not a dictatorship). Is an "American Empire" the face of globalization? No.
It should be 1886, when the first gas powered car was invented
