Assuming that this is referring to the same list of options that was posted before with this question, <span>the correct answer would be "to facilitate trade", since they had just begun the transition to agriculture and there was little need for trade. </span>
The most popular way of "encouraging" another nation to change its government is by staging a coup and instilling an American-backed leader to lead the country.
44 people have been President of the United States of America, but there have been 45 presidents, as Grover Cleveland counts as both the 22nd and 24th President, because he served non consecutive terms.