A. Russia giving up its claim to resource-rich lands in eastern Europe.
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<span>Assuming that this is referring to the same region that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct response would be that the encroachment of Europeans forced many native tribes that had up until this point been rivals to form alliances in order to stop the spread of European settlement. </span></span>
Assuming this is referring to the same list that was posted before, the correct answer would be "helpful in the short-term, unhelpful in the long-term".
The answer is yes, he spent a lot