Match 1-13 to what? are their pairs listed?
To find gold
To find new life
I believe the answer is Gold.
Gold was a very hot commodity at that time because before we use paper/digital money like today, Gold was made as material to make a type of money with more intrinsic value.
The abundance of this natural resources led to many European empire came and started their colonization in AFrica.
Answer:
It allowed profit and work to increase drastically. It also allowed texas to profit off of the oil industry more than they ever could by hand