If I remember it well, c. the fugitive slave act <span>increased sectional tensions in the 1850s. Also I'd admit Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1954.</span>
The answer is True for sure.
The correct answer is convert gold and silver to goods.
It did make it self sufficient and it encouraged having more colonies because it made it possible to use the resources of the colonies in order to be self sufficient. In order to find colonies you had to explore so it had to be supported too.