A. Elected officials rewarded their supporters with jobs
The answer is "Irrelevant details are unrelated to the point the author is making"
Irrelevant means it doesn't support the argument, and a good reader should be able to distinguish between the two.
Answer:
he created it because he made an army to stop the rebellions of the indigenous people who was not willing to give up their lands wihtout putting up a fight.
Explanation: