Answer: To capture American scouts
Explanation:
In the first moments of the American Civil War, Colonel Francis Smith of the British army was ordered to go to Concord and destroy the American arsenal there. He sent Major Pitcairn to go ahead of him to secure Concord's bridges.
Major Pitcairn in turn sent an advance scouting party that moved as silently as possible and hid at the sight of anything suspicious. This enabled them to capture 3 scouts that had been sent to be on the lookout for them.
Galileo's problem was that he was trying to teach people science which was in conflict with what the church preached. When he started questioning the church and providing scientific results the people started questioning as well which did not bode well for the church. The conflict got resolved with him abandoning his research and living a quite secluded life until he died.
It provided land, supplies, and precious metals
The Jin and the Xia dynasties.
