C. Best answer. Spending to enhance one's prestige.
In the middle of North America is a huge area of land which was once covered with grasses and colorful wild flowers. The French called the rolling plains of grass "prairie", from the word for a meadow grazed by cattle. The prairies are a type of grassland dominated by herbaceous plants and grasses. Very few trees grow on the prairies and are usually widely scattered.
Locke's theory of life liberty and property may be what you're referring to.
Because he was acting in a manner that would title him as being a dictator.