The correct answer to this question would be alternative D)"Looked for Gold."
This situation relates to the California Gold Rush, that took place in California from 1848 to 1855. Gold was found in the region, and it led a lot of people to the region to look for gold. It was an important event in the history of the West.
The French battled individually an area. French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, 1754– 63. The French and Indian War was the North American clash in a bigger royal war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War started in 1754 and finished with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
I choose C and E, but I don't know if you need to only choose 1 (:
