They blocked the chance of a British escape by water.
People traveled to California during the Gold Rush because they wanted to find gold and get rich.
The California Gold Rush took place from 1848-1857. It was the largest American mass migration with an estimated 300,000 migrants taking part. Gold was recovered from the ground, streams, and rivers bringing in flocks if gold finding hopefuls.
I believe the answer is <span>material culture
</span><span>material culture refers to the touchable objects that people use to definte their cultures.
For examples, material cultures for japanese cultures would be Kimono, japanese temples, japanese foods, Katana, etc.</span>
If you're referring to the militarization and aggression of Germany, there's a lot of debate as to why these nations didn't intervene earlier. The general consensus is that nobody believed Germany would take it as far as they did.