The explorers decided not to create the settlements because: <span>D. They didn't think the land was suitable for settlement.
They came into this conclusion because of reseraches such as:
- It is hard to build a formidable irrigation system in the land
- The land contains a lot of dangerous animals
- A lot of small blocks that hidden beneath the ground, et.</span>
I think it would be because he didn't want to be too overpowered for the sake of it, also so the next in his spot wouldn't take things past the limit and cause damage to the area around. Hope this helps! :)
It would be the second one; the power of the purse
B because a flat rate of income tax would hurt the lower class so that doesn’t work. D is incorrect because the progressive movement was against large firms and their corruption. National bank was irrelevant in the 1920s